2/ The mega-capitalist is a distant malevolent force, but the near-and-present enemies are scabs, free-riders, independents.
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3/ Primary charge against individualists from pov of collectivists is mirror-neuron-failure. Failure to enact admiration through imitation.
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4/ To the collectivist, the individualist is about small-minded selfishness that refuses to admire and emulate models of collectivist virtue
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5/ This is not true, the individualist may be incapable of admiration, contempt or imitation, but has a definite interest in other humans
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6/ I don't have role models, "people I want to be like" or people I really want to follow or lead. But I do have people I find intriguing.
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7/ So to commemorate Labor Day in my own individualist day, here is my unrakned list of 5 people I've found intriguing, and learned from.
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9/ Ada Lovelace, thinking person's Ayn Rand: makes my list for being actually interesting, not as a token woman.
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10/ Jorge Luis Borges, only refactorer-of-perception I tip my hat to: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Lui
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11/ Bhima, most individualist character in the Mahabharata, under-rated relative to his brother Arjuna: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhima
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13/ None of these 5 would have won any collectivism awards. So, here's to solidarity among those who have no idea what solidarity is about.
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Glad to have listened to the audio drama last week. Any very contemporary novel along the same lines you'd recommend?
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sadly, I think comedy sci-fi has sorta gone out of style. It's all gritty cypherpunk.
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