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A 10-Point Manifesto For Individualism

November 1, 2020

Everyone follows their own individual conscience. Everyone is free to try their best, to see what they can achieve. No-one is qualified to pass judgment on others' capacities or what they can do.

Masks Are A Device To Keep Us Fearful, And We’ve Complied.

October 31, 2020

Masks may not be able to block COVID-19, but increasingly they have blocked common sense from the wearers. After so many months of mandates and propaganda, people have a lot invested in their understanding of what it means to be a good faithful American embodied in the face mask. It has become bigger than politics.

Economics Aims At Harmony, Government At Disharmony.

October 30, 2020

Continually leveraging government power into ever-more areas where people’s views differ dramatically increases how frequently some people’s preferences are forced on others. That guarantees acrimony, not harmony. And the COVID-19 crisis, with a major recession triggered by what amounts to government prohibition of production and exchange in vast areas of the economy, has only supercharged the disharmony.

Are We Reliving “We The Living?”Who is Kira Argounova? Gen Z’s Defense Against Losing Themselves to the Siren Song of Equality.

October 29, 2020

Like Kira, I refuse to be bound to any collective. I will not adhere myself to either side. My highest priority is my own freedom as an individual, the freedom to choose my beliefs rather than have them chosen for me. But to my peers, that is almost worse than choosing the opposite side. They mistake independence for indifference.

What Is “The New Feudalism”? Well, There Are The Imposers, And The Imposed Upon.

October 28, 2020

The politicians and intellectuals who put this new feudalism in place tossed out all normal concerns over freedom, justice, equality, democracy, and universal dignity in favor of the creation of a strict caste system. So much for Locke, Jefferson, Acton, and Rawls. The medical technocracy cared only about conducting an unprecedented experiment in managing the social order.

The Consent Of The Governed, And Other Fictions.

October 27, 2020

Presidents perennially echo the Declaration of Independence's appeal to “the consent of the governed.” The primary proof that Americans are not oppressed is that citizens cast more votes for one of the candidates who finagled his name onto the ballot. A politician can say or do almost anything to snare votes; after Election Day, citizens can do almost nothing to restrain winning politicians.

Devotion To Your Rational Life Is The Primary, Essential Force For Human Peace and Prosperity.

October 26, 2020

Chasing every possibility offered by the Soviet socialist criminal gang, she got Leo to a sanitorium in Crimea to save his life. Now, it was Kira's turn, and this is the extraordinary and beautiful message of We the Living. Your life and happiness is your highest value; not Society, not God, not retribution, not "others."

Whatever You Think Of Google, Please Don’t Cheer For The Government’s Manufactured Anti-Trust Case.

October 25, 2020

There is not much evidence for the view that lazy and uninformed consumers are being systematically tricked into using a search engine they would eschew if they were only compelled, rather than merely permitted, to make an active choice.

Are We Reliving We The Living?How Many Americans Will the New York Times Kill?

October 24, 2020

In 2020 America, we are faced with an important choice. It's either the life premise of Ayn Rand and capitalism, or the death premise of the New York Times and socialism. Lives of motion and purpose or lives of stagnation and retribution. As Salsman explains, putting "democratic" in front of it does not make it humane.

Bottom-Up Solutions Are Better Than Top-Down. There Are Plenty Of Examples.

October 23, 2020

We all have different talents, experiences and callings. A bottom-up system helps people discover who they could be. Some of us are called to be philanthropists; others are called to be social entrepreneurs; others are called to fight poverty or violence; others fight for equality.

Appalled By Politicians’ Pretensions? Inexplicably Blinded By Political Lies? Get Your Magic Spectacles Here.

October 22, 2020

The economic way of thinking brings into sharp focus a world otherwise invisible! It sees through Pelosi, and Biden, and Cuomo, and Newsom, and other such people, in Washington and in state capitals, who routinely parade in plain view their raw ambition, their delusions of possessing supernatural powers, and their lack of ordinary human decency.

Entrepreneurship Is An Epic Calling.

October 21, 2020

Entrepreneurs are the drivers of the free market economy that raises everyone’s potential and attainment. They are the pillars of a collaborative culture of achievement and accomplishment. They are the creative catalysts of change. Society is better the greater the role and influence of entrepreneurs.

About The Center For Individualism

The Center for Individualism exists to revive individualism in America. We seek to be a catalyst for cultural change and a hub for all who aspire to live a self-reliant life. We produce content, curate resources, provide services, and facilitate relationships that empower people to achieve their personal and economic ambitions. Our purpose is to support individuals in building a better life for themselves – and in so doing, to build a better society for all.

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