for years i have posted on individualism

Posted on: November 10, 2021 at 08:58:52 CT

and against collectivism. Natural rights are individual rights, and I have urged others to see people as individuals and not as groups. Socialism, Marxism, and communism are all anti-individualism; they are collectivist ideologies rooted in the denial of the individual and his rights.

Even those who are vocally anti-liberty and anti-libertarian here acknowledge (without realizing it) natural rights, though they do not recognize it and won’t admit it.

The AMA CRT story below contains this blurb:

“The American Medical Association recently released a guide on "Advancing Health Equity" that promotes how to fight for critical race theory, includes a list of words not to say and their "equity-focused alternatives," and criticizes concepts like "meritocracy," "individualism" and the "'free' market."

From the document itself:

“The narrative of individualism

Individualism is a philosophy and group of ideas, expressed in symbols, practices, and stories that supports a belief that self-sufficient individuals are rational beings that freely make consumer-like choices, independent of political influences, living conditions or historical context. Among these ideas is the concept of meritocracy, a social system in which advancement in society is based on an individual’s capabilities and merits rather than on the basis of family, wealth or social background. Individualism is problematic in obscuring the dynamics of group domination, especially socioeconomic privilege and racism.58 In health care, this narrative appears as an over-emphasis on changing individuals and individual behavior instead of the institutional and structural causes of disease.58

This narrative acknowledges that class inequities may be unfortunate, but falls short of declaring them unjust, thus obscuring political, structural and social determinants of health inequities. Diseases become the main target rather than the social and economic conditions that produce health inequities.59 This focus ignores the role of political struggle in the advances that have been made over time.60 For example, the major advances in life expectancy in the early 20th century resulted from the actions of social movements to eliminate child labor, institute housing and factory codes, and raise living standards, not advances in technology or economic growth.60 Health promotion in medicine and public health typically means educating people as individuals about their health without acknowledging the influence of living conditions, which are themselves conditioned upon societal, structural inequalities.3,61,62 We argue that much can be gained by shifting this narrative, from the individual to the structural, in order to more fully understand the root causes of health inequities in our society.”


Start checking your premise. CRT is Marxist. It is collectivist. It is anti-individual. It is antithetical to liberty and rights.

Please understand individualism and cast away collectivism. Recognize the use of “we,” “our,” etc. as trivial as it may seem, it is a small change that will open your eyes. For all the pride about America and Americanism and patriotism and love of country that is posted here, realize that at the heart of those things is the notion of individualism.