I thought that it was mostly Ayn Rand / Austrian economists who used those terms so it’s odd to hear Adam Curtis make that an explicit part of his analysis.

  • Biggay [he/him, comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    The only way to be truly individualistic is by living in a forest all alone.

    Humans have collectivism so deeply ingrained into our being that even this isnt likely to be true for long, as humans have and will domesticate or forge symbiotic relations with the animals around them. Mutual aid is a factor in every being's evolution :kropotkin-shining: