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Only Ayn Rand was smart enough to predict that incompetence and an ENVY for excellence will lead to dystopian social outcomes. Orwell thought we'd need total mind control, Huxley thought we'd need a permanently drugged populace, but Rand knew: all you need is resentment https://t.co/XOXN8zSC6u
Dandies: Fashion and Finesse in Art and Culture
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individualism does not, by itself, contradict compassion; and neither is it synonymous with self-absorption. On the contrary: individualism allows compassion and social engagement to expand well beyond the confining boundaries of tribes. Moreover, often what makes strong social safety nets—the ultimate in compassion and engagement—possible is the
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The Ego and His Own (Unabridged)
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#Radical individualism so we can bring MORE and DIFFERENT to the table, bored of all the sameness.
The notion of pursuing an individual calling and the belief in a highly individualistic, self-determining model of human action have been central to the myth of the self-made man. This model of human action, which emphasizes the individual’s independence or “agency” over the impact of the social milieu, was a profoundly masculine model.