Showing posts with label individualism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label individualism. Show all posts
Friday, July 9, 2010
Saturday, August 30, 2008
The Fallacy of We
by Jim Fedako
While watching the Olympics, we tend to cheer participants along national lines. We root for our country's athletes over those from the rest of the world. While there is nothing wrong with this fun diversion, the concept of the individual must never be lost amid the ideal of the collective — the belief that the members of the collective (the nation in this instance) are faceless automatons dedicated to serving the whole.
For more on this commentary, go to The Ludwig von Mises Institute
While watching the Olympics, we tend to cheer participants along national lines. We root for our country's athletes over those from the rest of the world. While there is nothing wrong with this fun diversion, the concept of the individual must never be lost amid the ideal of the collective — the belief that the members of the collective (the nation in this instance) are faceless automatons dedicated to serving the whole.
For more on this commentary, go to The Ludwig von Mises Institute
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