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roachboy, disempowerment... how do you mean?
i believe individualism in its current incarnation has a disorienting effect on us. when we have discussions or try to make critical observations about our world our, thought is given completely free reign between our skulls... but that condition keeps us from accepting things that go against our internal motivations. the traditions and heritage that used to guide our ancestors actions is sacrificed on the altar of the individual. the world outside our minds is only how we perceive it. the natural derivation of that notion is the complete relativity of truth.
if we believe truth to be relative (as we must if we take individualism to its final conclusion) then we lose our ability to truly speak to one another. i believe we can witness this phenomenon in our politics. the country is increasingly fragmented because the most fundamental ideas about our purpose, lifestyle, ethics and morality are becoming an element of choice rather than concrete cultural values.
each person decides which is right and wrong... a role that was previously reserved for God. whether or not you believe in God today is irrelevant, a shift in something that basic to our worldview must have far reaching consequences.
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If you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.
~ Winston Churchill
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