Showing posts with label individualism and conservatism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label individualism and conservatism. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

No, Individualism isn't Selfish

"Individualism is not an ideology of selfishness; it started out as and remains a social thing, a response to the anti-social unrestrained ego," writes Christopher Chantrill at the American Thinker.

Conservatives argue individualism is good, collectivism is bad. Liberal/progressives argue the opposite, Chantrill writes, because they know neither history nor biology. He explains: