> [Platt said] > > The intellectual (individual) level is better than the social (collective) > level. > > "In other words, the goal of politics is to encourage individualism. That's all."-Platt
Individualism is a term used to describe a moral, political, or social outlook that stresses human independence and the importance of individual self-reliance and liberty. Individualists promote the exercise of individual goals and desires. They oppose most external interference with an individual's choices - whether by society, the state, or any other group or institution. Individualism is therefore opposed to holism, collectivism, socialism, fascism, communism, communalism, statism, totalitarianism, and communitarianism, which stress that communal, community, group, societal, racial, or national goals should take priority over individual goals. Individualism is also opposed to the view that tradition, religion, or any other form of external moral standard should be used to limit an individual's choice of actions. Individualism has a controversial relationship with egoism (selfishness). While some individualists are egoists, they usually do not argue that selfishness is inherently good. Rather, some argue that individuals are not duty-bound to any socially-imposed morality and that individuals should be free to choose to be selfish (or to choose any other lifestyle) if they so desire. Platt: "Balance" my foot. The theme of the MOQ is "betterness," not balance. Some things are better than others, a fact that cannot be denied without contradiction. The intellectual (individual) level is better than the social (collective) level. They are not balanced, i.e, of equal moral weight. If all was balanced, there would be no evolution. Humanitarianism is the expression of stupidity and cowardice. -Adolf Hitler Struggle is the father of all things. It is not by the principles of humanity that man lives or is able to preserve himself above the animal world, but solely by means of the most brutal struggle. -Adolf Hitler Success is the sole earthly judge of right and wrong. -Adolf Hitler The victor will never be asked if he told the truth. -Adolf Hitler Those who want to live, let them fight, and those who do not want to fight in this world of eternal struggle do not deserve to live. -Adolf Hitler Originally war was nothing but a struggle for pasture grounds. To-day war is nothing but a struggle for the riches of nature. By virtue of an inherent law, these riches belong to him who conquers them. The great migrations set out from the East. With us begins the ebb, from West to East. That's in accordance with the laws of nature. By means of the struggle, the elites are continually renewed. The law of natural selection justifies this incessant struggle, by allowing the survival of the fittest. Christianity is a rebellion against natural law, a protest against nature. Taken to its logical extreme, Christianity would mean the systematic cultivation of human failure. -Adolf Hitler [Platt] > Words mean things. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
