Individualism vs Collectivism: A False Dichotomy

My freedom ends where yours begins

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Education

Tags:

• individualism
• collectivism
• anarchism
• capitalism

[8bitRicky]

I just got dumber.

[jacobvictory]

Negative rights? Non Aggression principle?

[HallmarkJD]

Just because someone isn't a laborer (say a factory owner for example), that doesn't mean that he or she is exploiting workers. The tools, the factory (how the tools are configured) and the precise division of labor don't simply appear out of thin air. The entrepreneur is just as vital as the laborers, even moreso if he is able to create wealth. Still, people shouldn't hoard or monopolize resources that they aren't using. Even John Locke, someone that individualists revere, believed as such.

[Adeikov]

OBJECTIVE morality is looking at the rules binding a group together & recognising that the absence of following them breaks in a measure the integrity or strength of that group i.e. the existence of the group the way it IS depends on the members following rules that OUGHT to keep it together.

Collectives DEMAND rules OR they fail & fall apart UNLESS it is popular to stranger non-associating individuals that have NO RULES but that of random whims; non-communication set-up of private individuals.

[jjenson2006]

You got your infomation wrong.

Rand did not belive that people who hurt others either directly or indirectly should not be punished. She believed in millitary and police for defense and a justice system to protect our individual rights.

Anarchism isn't freedom. If there were no police and no millitary, there would be gangs. You either elect a government that is accetable to you or it will elect itself. No one would be able to own anything, including their own body! That is NOT freedom.

[frankiegmh]

You don't have a right to property, you have a right to try and obtain property. These are two very different rights. If you had a right to property you would not have to work for it, the property would just be given to you. You are not entitled to property, you have confused the ideas, you have a right to own property that you have earned or has been given to you. As long as you obtain property legally it can not be taken from you, that is what the right to own property is, you are not entitled

[greventlv]

I like your video, but I think you have a misunderstanding of this viewpoint. Have you read John Stuart Mill's On liberty?

Youtube doesn't allow a long enough message to let me write something interesting, but I encourage you to continue reading and having an open mind!

I think if most people around the world cared about this sort of thing as you seem to, we'd all be better off.

[Humpipe]

Hey man, i really appreciate your videos. I've identified myself as an anarcho-capitalist for a couple years, but am now revising many of my conceptions of economics and ethics in light of your and others' videos. You are very calm and collected and clearly recognize the importance of sound reasoning; top notch. I'm curious, what are your thoughts on the Venus Project? Have you made a video about it at all? Peace!

[dancthegr]

amens to you