Very well said Bro. I always find it instructive, when engaging one who claims to be an altruist or a "selfless person" to ask them how much time and money they voluntarily donated to charity in the last week, month, year.Parodite wrote:A true rugged individualist only has an ego.. not a "wego" alias group-ego. They only care about themselves.
However also groups - where people think almost alike and individual interests are aligned - can behave like one single rugged individualist. They only care about the group they belong to, mainly because their rugged personal interests are intertwined with those of others in that group. Labor unions are a good example of some very rugged individualist wego groups. Or any religious sekt, political parties.. or just a family..
For the recoerd, I don't think there is anything wrong with any form of rugged individualism. We all are rugged individualists.
So what does it mean to not be a rugged individualist? Is such a thing possible? I think it can be very dangerous to try and wanna be something else than a rugged individualist.
In my experience rugged individualists are more generous. They have a sense of personal responsibility, or one of "I can do something."
Not the vague sense of "they..... or we...... or somebody....... should do...... something."