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From a social science perspective, the key error of nationalism and racism is to prioritise one people's history over another's. Each individual and each society evolved within its own context, and all historical contexts are equally valid, understandable, and worthy of respect.

#socialscience #nationalism #racism #history #context #evolution #validity #understanding #respect #dei #diversity #equality #inclusion #ignorance #individualism #collectivism

From a social science perspective, the key error of nationalism and racism is to prioritise one people's history over another's. Each individual and each society evolved within its own context, and all historical contexts are equally valid, understandable, and worthy of respect.

#socialscience #nationalism #racism #history #context #evolution #validity #understanding #respect #dei #diversity #equality #inclusion #ignorance #individualism #collectivism

From a social science perspective, the key error of nationalism and racism is to prioritise one people's history over another's. Each individual and each society evolved within its own context, and all historical contexts are equally valid, understandable, and worthy of respect.

#socialscience #nationalism #racism #history #context #evolution #validity #understanding #respect #dei #diversity #equality #inclusion #ignorance #individualism #collectivism

From a social science perspective, the key error of nationalism and racism is to prioritise one people's history over another's. Each individual and each society evolved within its own context, and all historical contexts are equally valid, understandable, and worthy of respect.

#socialscience #nationalism #racism #history #context #evolution #validity #understanding #respect #dei #diversity #equality #inclusion #ignorance #individualism #collectivism

From a social science perspective, the key error of nationalism and racism is to prioritise one people's history over another's. Each individual and each society evolved within its own context, and all historical contexts are equally valid, understandable, and worthy of respect.

#socialscience #nationalism #racism #history #context #evolution #validity #understanding #respect #dei #diversity #equality #inclusion #ignorance #individualism #collectivism

hello everyone! my name is Rusty, but i also go by the names Alex, Alexander, and Hamilton!
I am a host of The Hamilplex/Alexander Hamilton's Jury, a mixed origin system of over 245k!

my pronouns are He/It/Vamp/Star/Pup
i am orientationfull, but mainly omniromantic, aroace spec, bi/gay/lesboy

we collectively have Autism (lvl 2.5, maybe 3), ADHD (combined type), OCD (pure O maybe), GAD/SAD, StPD, NPD, AvPD, Paranoid PD, HPD, Dysgraphia, Dyspraxia, Dyscalculia, PTSD, DPDR, traits of BPD and DPD, and possible Pica, ODD, and OCPD

i am a nonhuman creature (Otherkin + other kin labels)
im currently reorganizing my kinlist so i will link it here when its done!

#1 Hamilton fan (obvi)
I kin Alexander Hamilton. both his musical counterpart and his historical counterpart, however i experience it (and my other human kins) in a nonhuman way

my other headmates will post here and will mark if theyre posting, but i wont :p

i use very controversial labels other than the ones mentioned, but theres too many to put here x_x

Green/Eco, Queer, Feminist, Techno/Transhumanist, Individualist, Techno, Communist, Anarchist (like im anarcho- of all of them)

"Capitalism and Authoritarian Communist are just 2 sides of the same coin. Fascism and Nationalism are the ring that bind them together" - Matthew, another host in this system

Theistic Satanist and Earth Religionist

if you have any questions, just ask!
#introduction

edit: adding more tags x_x
#hamilton #anarchism #communist #individualism #transhumanism #greenanarchy #greenanarchism #queer #lgbt #lgbtqia2s #feminism #TERFsDNI #disabled #autism #adhd #ocd #anxiety #StPD #npd #avpd #PPD (Paranoid PD), #hpd #dysgraphia #dyspraxia #dyscalculia #ptsd #DPDR #questioningPica #questioningODD #questioningOCPD
#controversiallabels #objectshows #osc #objectshowcommunity #MCR #fabulouskilljoy #greenday #americanidiot #artist #mccaffrey #anticapitalism #antifascist #antifascism #antiauthoritarian #antiauthoritariancommunism #weird #amweirdguy
i will add more tags when i can lol

hello everyone! my name is Rusty, but i also go by the names Alex, Alexander, and Hamilton!
I am a host of The Hamilplex/Alexander Hamilton's Jury, a mixed origin system of over 245k!
my pronouns are He/It/Vamp/Star/Pup
i am orientationfull, but mainly omniromantic, aroace spec, bi/gay/lesboy
i am a nonhuman creature (Otherkin + other kin labels)
im currently reorganizing my kinlist so i will link it here when its done!
#1 Hamilton fan (obvi)
I kin Alexander Hamilton. both his musical counterpart and his historical coutnerpart, however i experince it (and my other human kins) in a nonhuman way
my other headmates will post here and will mark if theyre posting, but i wont :p
im currently dating Cameron, host of The Striped Heathers System! (they dont have any fedi accs)
i use very controversial labels other than the ones mentioned, but theres too many to put here x_x
Green/Eco, Queer, Feminist, Transhumanist, Individualist, Techno, Communist, Anarchist (like im anarcho- of all of them)
"Capitalism and Authoritarian Communist are just 2 sides of the same coin. Fascism and Nationalism are the ring that bind them together" - Matthew, another host in this system
Theistic Satanist and Earth Religionist
if you have any questions, just ask!
#introduction

edit: adding more tags x_x
#hamilton #anarchism #communist #individualism #transhumanism #greenanarchy #greenanarchism #queer #lgbt #lgbtqia2s #feminism #TERFsDNI #disabled #autism #adhd #ocd #anxiety #StPD #npd #avpd #PPD (Paranoid PD), #hpd #dysgraphia #dyspraxia #questioningdyscalculia #ptsd
#controversiallabels #objectshows #osc #objectshowcommunity #MCR #fabulouskilljoy #greenday #americanidiot #artist #mccaffrey #anticapitalism #antifascist #antifascism #antiauthoritarian #antiauthoritariancommunism #weird #amweirdguy
i will add more tags when i can lol

hello everyone! my name is Rusty, but i also go by the names Alex, Alexander, and Hamilton!
I am a host of The Hamilplex/Alexander Hamilton's Jury, a mixed origin system of over 245k!

my pronouns are He/It/Vamp/Star/Pup
i am orientationfull, but mainly omniromantic, aroace spec, bi/gay/lesboy

we collectively have Autism (lvl 2.5, maybe 3), ADHD (combined type), OCD (pure O maybe), GAD/SAD, StPD, NPD, AvPD, Paranoid PD, HPD, Dysgraphia, Dyspraxia, Dyscalculia, PTSD, DPDR, traits of BPD and DPD, and possible Pica, ODD, and OCPD

i am a nonhuman creature (Otherkin + other kin labels)
im currently reorganizing my kinlist so i will link it here when its done!

#1 Hamilton fan (obvi)
I kin Alexander Hamilton. both his musical counterpart and his historical counterpart, however i experience it (and my other human kins) in a nonhuman way

my other headmates will post here and will mark if theyre posting, but i wont :p

i use very controversial labels other than the ones mentioned, but theres too many to put here x_x

Green/Eco, Queer, Feminist, Techno/Transhumanist, Individualist, Techno, Communist, Anarchist (like im anarcho- of all of them)

"Capitalism and Authoritarian Communist are just 2 sides of the same coin. Fascism and Nationalism are the ring that bind them together" - Matthew, another host in this system

Theistic Satanist and Earth Religionist

if you have any questions, just ask!
#introduction

edit: adding more tags x_x
#hamilton #anarchism #communist #individualism #transhumanism #greenanarchy #greenanarchism #queer #lgbt #lgbtqia2s #feminism #TERFsDNI #disabled #autism #adhd #ocd #anxiety #StPD #npd #avpd #PPD (Paranoid PD), #hpd #dysgraphia #dyspraxia #dyscalculia #ptsd #DPDR #questioningPica #questioningODD #questioningOCPD
#controversiallabels #objectshows #osc #objectshowcommunity #MCR #fabulouskilljoy #greenday #americanidiot #artist #mccaffrey #anticapitalism #antifascist #antifascism #antiauthoritarian #antiauthoritariancommunism #weird #amweirdguy
i will add more tags when i can lol

hello everyone! my name is Rusty, but i also go by the names Alex, Alexander, and Hamilton!
I am a host of The Hamilplex/Alexander Hamilton's Jury, a mixed origin system of over 245k!

my pronouns are He/It/Vamp/Star/Pup
i am orientationfull, but mainly omniromantic, aroace spec, bi/gay/lesboy

we collectively have Autism (lvl 2.5, maybe 3), ADHD (combined type), OCD (pure O maybe), GAD/SAD, StPD, NPD, AvPD, Paranoid PD, HPD, Dysgraphia, Dyspraxia, Dyscalculia, PTSD, DPDR, traits of BPD and DPD, and possible Pica, ODD, and OCPD

i am a nonhuman creature (Otherkin + other kin labels)
im currently reorganizing my kinlist so i will link it here when its done!

#1 Hamilton fan (obvi)
I kin Alexander Hamilton. both his musical counterpart and his historical counterpart, however i experience it (and my other human kins) in a nonhuman way

my other headmates will post here and will mark if theyre posting, but i wont :p

i use very controversial labels other than the ones mentioned, but theres too many to put here x_x

Green/Eco, Queer, Feminist, Techno/Transhumanist, Individualist, Techno, Communist, Anarchist (like im anarcho- of all of them)

"Capitalism and Authoritarian Communist are just 2 sides of the same coin. Fascism and Nationalism are the ring that bind them together" - Matthew, another host in this system

Theistic Satanist and Earth Religionist

if you have any questions, just ask!
#introduction

edit: adding more tags x_x
#hamilton #anarchism #communist #individualism #transhumanism #greenanarchy #greenanarchism #queer #lgbt #lgbtqia2s #feminism #TERFsDNI #disabled #autism #adhd #ocd #anxiety #StPD #npd #avpd #PPD (Paranoid PD), #hpd #dysgraphia #dyspraxia #dyscalculia #ptsd #DPDR #questioningPica #questioningODD #questioningOCPD
#controversiallabels #objectshows #osc #objectshowcommunity #MCR #fabulouskilljoy #greenday #americanidiot #artist #mccaffrey #anticapitalism #antifascist #antifascism #antiauthoritarian #antiauthoritariancommunism #weird #amweirdguy
i will add more tags when i can lol

hello everyone! my name is Rusty, but i also go by the names Alex, Alexander, and Hamilton!
I am a host of The Hamilplex/Alexander Hamilton's Jury, a mixed origin system of over 245k!

my pronouns are He/It/Vamp/Star/Pup
i am orientationfull, but mainly omniromantic, aroace spec, bi/gay/lesboy

we collectively have Autism (lvl 2.5, maybe 3), ADHD (combined type), OCD (pure O maybe), GAD/SAD, StPD, NPD, AvPD, Paranoid PD, HPD, Dysgraphia, Dyspraxia, Dyscalculia, PTSD, DPDR, traits of BPD and DPD, and possible Pica, ODD, and OCPD

i am a nonhuman creature (Otherkin + other kin labels)
im currently reorganizing my kinlist so i will link it here when its done!

#1 Hamilton fan (obvi)
I kin Alexander Hamilton. both his musical counterpart and his historical counterpart, however i experience it (and my other human kins) in a nonhuman way

my other headmates will post here and will mark if theyre posting, but i wont :p

i use very controversial labels other than the ones mentioned, but theres too many to put here x_x

Green/Eco, Queer, Feminist, Techno/Transhumanist, Individualist, Techno, Communist, Anarchist (like im anarcho- of all of them)

"Capitalism and Authoritarian Communist are just 2 sides of the same coin. Fascism and Nationalism are the ring that bind them together" - Matthew, another host in this system

Theistic Satanist and Earth Religionist

if you have any questions, just ask!
#introduction

edit: adding more tags x_x
#hamilton #anarchism #communist #individualism #transhumanism #greenanarchy #greenanarchism #queer #lgbt #lgbtqia2s #feminism #TERFsDNI #disabled #autism #adhd #ocd #anxiety #StPD #npd #avpd #PPD (Paranoid PD), #hpd #dysgraphia #dyspraxia #dyscalculia #ptsd #DPDR #questioningPica #questioningODD #questioningOCPD
#controversiallabels #objectshows #osc #objectshowcommunity #MCR #fabulouskilljoy #greenday #americanidiot #artist #mccaffrey #anticapitalism #antifascist #antifascism #antiauthoritarian #antiauthoritariancommunism #weird #amweirdguy
i will add more tags when i can lol

A masculinity crisis

* American Crusade w/ Eleanor Janega
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Chvlbx9zAHg

* Manosphere: A community centred on male grievance and empowerment.
https://theconversation.com/youd-better-start-paying-attention-to-the-manosphere-youre-living-in-it-279547

* Rugged Individualism and the Misunderstanding of American Inequality
https://confrontingpoverty.org/research/rugged-individualism-and-the-misunderstanding-of-american-inequality/
#MasculinityCrisis #manosphere #masculinity #individualism #competition #SocialDarwinism #RuggedIndividualism #ressentiment #entitlement #equality #inequality #CultureOfMisogyny #misogyny #ChristianRight #violence #war #zeitgeist

A masculinity crisis

* American Crusade w/ Eleanor Janega
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Chvlbx9zAHg

* Manosphere: A community centred on male grievance and empowerment.
https://theconversation.com/youd-better-start-paying-attention-to-the-manosphere-youre-living-in-it-279547

* Rugged Individualism and the Misunderstanding of American Inequality
https://confrontingpoverty.org/research/rugged-individualism-and-the-misunderstanding-of-american-inequality/
#MasculinityCrisis #manosphere #masculinity #individualism #competition #SocialDarwinism #RuggedIndividualism #ressentiment #entitlement #equality #inequality #CultureOfMisogyny #misogyny #ChristianRight #violence #war #zeitgeist

"It’s not so much that there’s 50-something percent of the country that is committed to Trumpism. But there’s just a huge amount of the country that is not doing well—and I mean that in an emotional way, I mean that in a political way, civically."

#Trump #MAGA #SocialContract #individualism #CommonGood #solidarity
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"It’s not so much that there’s 50-something percent of the country that is committed to Trumpism. But there’s just a huge amount of the country that is not doing well—and I mean that in an emotional way, I mean that in a political way, civically."

#Trump #MAGA #SocialContract #individualism #CommonGood #solidarity
/2

"If we don’t take seriously some of these more underlying problems—that we are a deeply isolated and lonely and distrustful country that is focused on material wellbeing and status and is more dislocated and civically apathetic than maybe we’ve ever been—we’re going to get more Trumps, because that’s just fertile breeding ground for people like him."

~ Alan Elrod

#Trump #MAGA #SocialContract #individualism #CommonGood #solidarity
/1

https://newrepublic.com/article/208976/transcript-trump-america-deeply-unwell-it-time-say

"If we don’t take seriously some of these more underlying problems—that we are a deeply isolated and lonely and distrustful country that is focused on material wellbeing and status and is more dislocated and civically apathetic than maybe we’ve ever been—we’re going to get more Trumps, because that’s just fertile breeding ground for people like him."

~ Alan Elrod

#Trump #MAGA #SocialContract #individualism #CommonGood #solidarity
/1

https://newrepublic.com/article/208976/transcript-trump-america-deeply-unwell-it-time-say

Illumination in dark times
A genealogy of modern Western selfhood and a post-Western world

"Smith ... outlines a genealogy of modern Western selfhood: a radically individual, hypermasculine character that was formed during the rapid nineteenth-century expansion of the white man’s world. “Bold, conquering, and altogether assertive,” it was “dedicated to action,” hostile to reflection, indifferent to community and the environment, and guilty of possessing, Smith writes, an “undeveloped heart,” a term borrowed from E. M. Forster’s assessment of the British elite." "

" “We must alter our very relations with the world around us.” This means giving up the exalted and exaggerated idea of the West that boosts a masculinist self-image but severely constricts thought and feeling. “We should welcome our era’s uncertainties,...the not-knowing of how the post-Western story will come out.” Smith’s final warning—that “we will not survive the Western notion of the individual much longer”—should resonate today, as nineteenth-century individualism reasserts itself in the degraded Nietzscheanism of Peter Thiel and Stephen Miller." >>

* Mishra, P. (2026, April). "The Authority of Thought". Harper's Magazine.
https://harpers.org/archive/2026/04/the-authority-of-thought-pankaj-mishra/

* Somebody Else's Century: East and West in a Post-Western World by Patrick Smith. 2010 >>
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/169395/somebody-elses-century-by-patrick-smith/
#TheWest #WhiteSupremacy #masculinity #ImpulseControl #EthnoNationalism #WesternCivilization #AngloAmerican #parochialism #individualism #subjectivity #SettlerSociety #Culture #RacialInequality #war #EastWest #PostWesternWorld #DarkTimes #illumination #narrative #environment

Image: Double Bay War Memorial, Steyne Park, Sydney

Illumination in dark times
A genealogy of modern Western selfhood and a post-Western world

"Smith ... outlines a genealogy of modern Western selfhood: a radically individual, hypermasculine character that was formed during the rapid nineteenth-century expansion of the white man’s world. “Bold, conquering, and altogether assertive,” it was “dedicated to action,” hostile to reflection, indifferent to community and the environment, and guilty of possessing, Smith writes, an “undeveloped heart,” a term borrowed from E. M. Forster’s assessment of the British elite." "

" “We must alter our very relations with the world around us.” This means giving up the exalted and exaggerated idea of the West that boosts a masculinist self-image but severely constricts thought and feeling. “We should welcome our era’s uncertainties,...the not-knowing of how the post-Western story will come out.” Smith’s final warning—that “we will not survive the Western notion of the individual much longer”—should resonate today, as nineteenth-century individualism reasserts itself in the degraded Nietzscheanism of Peter Thiel and Stephen Miller." >>

* Mishra, P. (2026, April). "The Authority of Thought". Harper's Magazine.
https://harpers.org/archive/2026/04/the-authority-of-thought-pankaj-mishra/

* Somebody Else's Century: East and West in a Post-Western World by Patrick Smith. 2010 >>
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/169395/somebody-elses-century-by-patrick-smith/
#TheWest #WhiteSupremacy #masculinity #ImpulseControl #EthnoNationalism #WesternCivilization #AngloAmerican #parochialism #individualism #subjectivity #SettlerSociety #Culture #RacialInequality #war #EastWest #PostWesternWorld #DarkTimes #illumination #narrative #environment

Image: Double Bay War Memorial, Steyne Park, Sydney

Illumination in dark times
A genealogy of modern Western selfhood and a post-Western world

"Smith ... outlines a genealogy of modern Western selfhood: a radically individual, hypermasculine character that was formed during the rapid nineteenth-century expansion of the white man’s world. “Bold, conquering, and altogether assertive,” it was “dedicated to action,” hostile to reflection, indifferent to community and the environment, and guilty of possessing, Smith writes, an “undeveloped heart,” a term borrowed from E. M. Forster’s assessment of the British elite." "

" “We must alter our very relations with the world around us.” This means giving up the exalted and exaggerated idea of the West that boosts a masculinist self-image but severely constricts thought and feeling. “We should welcome our era’s uncertainties,...the not-knowing of how the post-Western story will come out.” Smith’s final warning—that “we will not survive the Western notion of the individual much longer”—should resonate today, as nineteenth-century individualism reasserts itself in the degraded Nietzscheanism of Peter Thiel and Stephen Miller." >>

* Mishra, P. (2026, April). "The Authority of Thought". Harper's Magazine.
https://harpers.org/archive/2026/04/the-authority-of-thought-pankaj-mishra/

* Somebody Else's Century: East and West in a Post-Western World by Patrick Smith. 2010 >>
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/169395/somebody-elses-century-by-patrick-smith/
#TheWest #WhiteSupremacy #masculinity #ImpulseControl #EthnoNationalism #WesternCivilization #AngloAmerican #parochialism #individualism #subjectivity #SettlerSociety #Culture #RacialInequality #war #EastWest #PostWesternWorld #DarkTimes #illumination #narrative #environment

Image: Double Bay War Memorial, Steyne Park, Sydney

Illumination in dark times
A genealogy of modern Western selfhood and a post-Western world

"Smith ... outlines a genealogy of modern Western selfhood: a radically individual, hypermasculine character that was formed during the rapid nineteenth-century expansion of the white man’s world. “Bold, conquering, and altogether assertive,” it was “dedicated to action,” hostile to reflection, indifferent to community and the environment, and guilty of possessing, Smith writes, an “undeveloped heart,” a term borrowed from E. M. Forster’s assessment of the British elite." "

" “We must alter our very relations with the world around us.” This means giving up the exalted and exaggerated idea of the West that boosts a masculinist self-image but severely constricts thought and feeling. “We should welcome our era’s uncertainties,...the not-knowing of how the post-Western story will come out.” Smith’s final warning—that “we will not survive the Western notion of the individual much longer”—should resonate today, as nineteenth-century individualism reasserts itself in the degraded Nietzscheanism of Peter Thiel and Stephen Miller." >>

* Mishra, P. (2026, April). "The Authority of Thought". Harper's Magazine.
https://harpers.org/archive/2026/04/the-authority-of-thought-pankaj-mishra/

* Somebody Else's Century: East and West in a Post-Western World by Patrick Smith. 2010 >>
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/169395/somebody-elses-century-by-patrick-smith/
#TheWest #WhiteSupremacy #masculinity #ImpulseControl #EthnoNationalism #WesternCivilization #AngloAmerican #parochialism #individualism #subjectivity #SettlerSociety #Culture #RacialInequality #war #EastWest #PostWesternWorld #DarkTimes #illumination #narrative #environment

Image: Double Bay War Memorial, Steyne Park, Sydney

Illumination in dark times
A genealogy of modern Western selfhood and a post-Western world

"Smith ... outlines a genealogy of modern Western selfhood: a radically individual, hypermasculine character that was formed during the rapid nineteenth-century expansion of the white man’s world. “Bold, conquering, and altogether assertive,” it was “dedicated to action,” hostile to reflection, indifferent to community and the environment, and guilty of possessing, Smith writes, an “undeveloped heart,” a term borrowed from E. M. Forster’s assessment of the British elite." "

" “We must alter our very relations with the world around us.” This means giving up the exalted and exaggerated idea of the West that boosts a masculinist self-image but severely constricts thought and feeling. “We should welcome our era’s uncertainties,...the not-knowing of how the post-Western story will come out.” Smith’s final warning—that “we will not survive the Western notion of the individual much longer”—should resonate today, as nineteenth-century individualism reasserts itself in the degraded Nietzscheanism of Peter Thiel and Stephen Miller." >>

* Mishra, P. (2026, April). "The Authority of Thought". Harper's Magazine.
https://harpers.org/archive/2026/04/the-authority-of-thought-pankaj-mishra/

* Somebody Else's Century: East and West in a Post-Western World by Patrick Smith. 2010 >>
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/169395/somebody-elses-century-by-patrick-smith/
#TheWest #WhiteSupremacy #masculinity #ImpulseControl #EthnoNationalism #WesternCivilization #AngloAmerican #parochialism #individualism #subjectivity #SettlerSociety #Culture #RacialInequality #war #EastWest #PostWesternWorld #DarkTimes #illumination #narrative #environment

Image: Double Bay War Memorial, Steyne Park, Sydney

A quotation from Thoreau

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
Walden; or, Life in the Woods, ch. 18 “Conclusion” (1854)

More about this quote: wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thoreau #henrydavidthoreau #differentdrummer #dissident #eccentricity #heterogeneity #independence #individualism #individuality #inspiration #meme #nonconformist #pace #selfdirection #tempo #time #unconventionality #uniqueness #difference

#AynRand’s original introduction to The Virtue of Selfishness is now online--and it directly contradicts most of the claims people make about her #ethics.

If your picture of Rand comes from social media threads, YouTube rants, or second-hand “hot takes,” this is the text that breaks the spell.

Let’s clear out the biggest straw men right away:

• ❌ “Rand said selfishness means hurting people.”


  No. She argues that rational self‑interest forbids coercion, exploitation, and parasitism. Predators aren’t “selfish”—they’re short‑range, self‑destructive, and irrational.

• ❌ “It’s just an excuse to do whatever you want.”


  She draws a hard boundary between whim and #reason. Her ethics demands long‑range thinking, integrity, and principled action — the opposite of impulse.

• ❌ “#Objectivism celebrates cruelty.”


  The introduction explicitly rejects cruelty as irrational. Benevolence is not only compatible with #egoism—it’s a natural expression of a rational, confident person.

• ❌ “Rand denies moral principles.”


  She denies sacrifice as a moral ideal. She does not deny #morality. She argues for a code rooted in reality, reason, and the requirements of human life.

If you want to understand the argument instead of the mythology, read the primary source--it’s short, sharp, and surprisingly accessible.

Read more for context on the full book, editions, and themes.

#philosophy #individualism #reading #nonfiction #ideas #bookstodon

#AynRand’s original introduction to The Virtue of Selfishness is now online--and it directly contradicts most of the claims people make about her #ethics.

If your picture of Rand comes from social media threads, YouTube rants, or second-hand “hot takes,” this is the text that breaks the spell.

Let’s clear out the biggest straw men right away:

• ❌ “Rand said selfishness means hurting people.”


  No. She argues that rational self‑interest forbids coercion, exploitation, and parasitism. Predators aren’t “selfish”—they’re short‑range, self‑destructive, and irrational.

• ❌ “It’s just an excuse to do whatever you want.”


  She draws a hard boundary between whim and #reason. Her ethics demands long‑range thinking, integrity, and principled action — the opposite of impulse.

• ❌ “#Objectivism celebrates cruelty.”


  The introduction explicitly rejects cruelty as irrational. Benevolence is not only compatible with #egoism—it’s a natural expression of a rational, confident person.

• ❌ “Rand denies moral principles.”


  She denies sacrifice as a moral ideal. She does not deny #morality. She argues for a code rooted in reality, reason, and the requirements of human life.

If you want to understand the argument instead of the mythology, read the primary source--it’s short, sharp, and surprisingly accessible.

Read more for context on the full book, editions, and themes.

#philosophy #individualism #reading #nonfiction #ideas #bookstodon

Every social system built on "some people should sacrifice for others" requires the same mechanism: involuntary subordination dressed as moral duty.

There's exactly one position that doesn't collapse into contradiction when universalised.

🔗 https://kairos-prometheon.com/en/blog/2026-01-28-individualists-refulsal/

#Philosophy #Individualism #Selfownership #Sovereignty #Rand

Rugged individualism and climate change preparedness

" The US president has presided over a dangerous erosion in US capacity to prepare for and respond to natural disasters."

“Each year above 1.5 degrees will hammer economies, deepen inequalities and inflict irreversible damage,” UN secretary general António Guterres "
>>
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/04/donald-trump-disaster-response-preparedness

Rugged individualism >>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugged_individualism
#Climate #ClimateDisruption #FossilFuels #preparedness #regulation #SocietalResponses #CollectiveSupport #SelfReliance #IndividualActions #SettlerSociety #RuggedIndividualism #individualism #sprawl #liberalism #inequallity #disasters #FossilfuelSubsidies

Rugged individualism and climate change preparedness

" The US president has presided over a dangerous erosion in US capacity to prepare for and respond to natural disasters."

“Each year above 1.5 degrees will hammer economies, deepen inequalities and inflict irreversible damage,” UN secretary general António Guterres "
>>
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/04/donald-trump-disaster-response-preparedness

Rugged individualism >>
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Rugged individualism and climate change preparedness

" The US president has presided over a dangerous erosion in US capacity to prepare for and respond to natural disasters."

“Each year above 1.5 degrees will hammer economies, deepen inequalities and inflict irreversible damage,” UN secretary general António Guterres "
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/04/donald-trump-disaster-response-preparedness

Rugged individualism >>
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Rugged individualism and climate change preparedness

" The US president has presided over a dangerous erosion in US capacity to prepare for and respond to natural disasters."

“Each year above 1.5 degrees will hammer economies, deepen inequalities and inflict irreversible damage,” UN secretary general António Guterres "
>>
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/04/donald-trump-disaster-response-preparedness

Rugged individualism >>
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Rugged individualism and climate change preparedness

" The US president has presided over a dangerous erosion in US capacity to prepare for and respond to natural disasters."

“Each year above 1.5 degrees will hammer economies, deepen inequalities and inflict irreversible damage,” UN secretary general António Guterres "
>>
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/04/donald-trump-disaster-response-preparedness

Rugged individualism >>
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I admit, I have no control over what goes on in the world, and frankly, I could not care less, but when locals impute the vices of a few individuals to an entire people, that is concerning. It denies one's agency over the self and the self only, condemns one for crimes on a scale no human alone can possibly perpetrate, and worst of all, turns humanity against itself. Once a people have been dealt with, a precedent will have been set, and *you* will be next.

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A quotation from Erich Fromm

Most people are not even aware of their need to conform. They live under the illusion that they follow their own ideas and inclinations, that they are individualists, that they have arrived at their opinions as the result of their own thinking — and that it just happens that their ideas are the same as those of the majority. The consensus of all serves as a proof for the correctness of “their” ideas.

Erich Fromm (1900-1980) American psychoanalyst and social philosopher
The Art of Loving, ch. 2 (1956)

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Extreme individualism and the entrepreneurial self of neoliberalism are 'clogging up courts' of Western democracy
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Extreme individualism and the entrepreneurial self of neoliberalism are 'clogging up courts' of Western democracy
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Extreme individualism and the entrepreneurial self of neoliberalism are 'clogging up courts' of Western democracy
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Extreme individualism and the entrepreneurial self of neoliberalism are 'clogging up courts' of Western democracy
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-21/growing-number-sovereign-citizens-clogging-australias-courts/106035790
#individualism #HyperIndividualism #neoliberalism #Liberalism #libertarians #SelfInterest #extremism #citizens #judicature #state #law #constitution #legitimacy #interdependency #TheCommons #society #governance

Extreme individualism and the entrepreneurial self of neoliberalism are 'clogging up courts' of Western democracy
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A quotation from Thoreau

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
Walden; or, Life in the Woods, ch. 18 "Conclusion" (1854)

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