1·2 months ago- See above
- Individualist as I use it means the over-estimation of individual autonomous agency, as in “i’m solely the product of my very own decisions, which are independent”. This is a mystical view that supposes a god-like agent. For example the concepts and notions you are thinking and following this convo with, are a social product you obtained via collective processes. The more conscious you are of this fact, the more free you become as an individual agent (because you understand your conditionalities and because substantial changes have to be driven collectively for a collectively conditioned entity).
- In “my” definition above individualism is more like a contrafactual idea that surrenders the possibility of mutual understanding with it’s “I’m my own magical creator and creation”