7. This is Calvinism as modified by Whig politics, and given social form on the frontier and philosophic heft by Emerson & Thoreau.
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18. Robert Frost mocked Emersonian fantasy of elect with his sarcastic reference to "islands of the blessed."
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19. Robert Frost: “But Islands of the Blessèd, bless you son,/ I never came upon a blessèd one.”
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@HeerJeet I think there's also a way individualism has been bastardized/pop culturized: "Burger King: have it your way" ... -
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@HeerJeet This is compelling, but why do so many choose this one mode of secession? Why *this* thing where the cost is on kids & not them? -
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@HeerJeet We should resist this kind of vague overgeneralization - true of some but expresses cultural polarization as much as anything. -
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@HeerJeet you are conflating Transcendentalism with, fundamentally, theosophy, and ignoring contemporary class and materialism. Doesn’t work -
@gtra1n Well, I dealt with class aspect in earlier twitter essay. This isn't meant to be definitive. - Show replies
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