individualism

is a calm and considered feeling which disposes each citizen to isolate himself from the mass of his fellows and withdraw into the circle of family and friends.

a calm and considered feeling which disposes each citizen to isolate himself from the mass of his fellows and withdraw into the circle of family and friends... with this little society formed to his taste, he gladly leaves the greater society to look after itself' (506),

is a disturbing and disintegrating force: What it seeks is to disturb monotony of type, slavery of custom, tyranny of habit, and the reduction of man to the level of a machine.

Art is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force. There lies its immense value. For what it seeks is to disturb monotony of type, slavery of custom, tyranny of habit, and the reduction of man to the level of a machine. It seeks to show new perspectives and other choices. It is a way to help expand and liberate the consciousness... our experiences, understandings, imaginings, options and thereby our lives. Oscar Wilde

is an understanding of human freedom whereby a completely irrational consumption conforms to a completely rationalized production.

Individualism is an understanding of human freedom at home in a 'modern economy,' in which 'a completely irrational consumption conforms to a totally' rationalized production. A marvelously rational mechanism serves one or another demand, always with the same earnestness and precision, be it for a silk purse or poison gas or anything whatsoever.'(n28) (Norris 1998: .pdf)

is based on a more subtle and sophisticated, indirect rational argument, whereas collectivism is a simple if false argument based on immediate emotion.

The argument for collectivism is simple if false... it is an immediate emotional argument. The argument for individualism is subtle and sophisticated... it is an indirect rational argument. And the emotional faculties are more highly developed in most men than the rational, paradoxically or especially even in those who regard themselves as intellectuals. Milton Friedman

is rather like innocence: There must be something unconscious about it.

rather like innocence: There must be something unconscious about it.

 seeks to show new perspectives and other choices, helping to expand and liberate the consciousness (i.e. Our experiences, understandings, imaginings, options and thereby our lives).

Individualism is what makes cooperation worth living. Henry Ford

is the system in which human stupidity can do the least harm.

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