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The U.S. founding fathers had another definition which is life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It is very individualized. Suggests it is relevant to t
by larrydag 8y ago
The U.S. founding fathers had another definition which is life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It is very individualized. Suggests it is relevant to the one as opposed to relevant to the masses. Very anti-elitist on its own merit.
- saagarjha 8y agoThe “pursuit of happiness” is what is being discussed, given that “life” and “liberty” are already guaranteed. The question is, how exactly to pursue happiness.
- stcredzero 8y agoBasically, keep striving until you are satisfied. https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy
- larrydag 8y agoOne builds their own personal utopia instead of allowing some government entity dictating a recipe for happiness.
- mtberatwork 8y agoWell, individualized to the gentry and those with enough wealth to avoid labor, but certainly not the slave population.
- 2bitmachine 8y agoThere was nothing anti-elitist about it. It was limited to a landed, genocidal, slave-owning class who were setting themselves up as something like a new aristocracy.