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Reverence for One’s Life Is Essential for Justice. Reverence For the Greater Good Is A Life Sentence.

September 14, 2020

Aunt Maria Petrovna had lived her life preparing for death. Her moral choices were guided by the mystics of the mind - the Church. Upon facing imminent death, Maria realized her error and turned to the only person she knew who chose to live. Andrei's moral choices were guided by the mystics of muscle - the Party.

How Bad Teaching Is Tearing America Apart.

September 13, 2020

Things are getting worse. Intellectual error has become a threat to the well-being of the nation. A truly massive tragedy is building.” Schools “are diminishing our national unity and our basic competence.”

Honest Authorities Would Concede That The Pandemic Is Over.

September 12, 2020

The latest reported weekly death count (August 29) was 370. That's out of a population of 330 million people. In a single week, between August 8 and August 15, the number of deaths dropped 85 percent (from 3,169 to 455). The COVID-19 death rate in the U.S. is now barely more than one per million and dropping like a rock.

The Theft Of TikTok By The American Political Class Is Shameful.

September 10, 2020

It has even been claimed that the shameful mugging of TikTok is an example of the “market increasing business competition and solving a political problem at the same time.” No, that’s not right - it's an embarrassing embrace of plain thievery.

We Have Suddenly Moved A Lot Deeper Into A Totalitarian Police State.

September 9, 2020

Victoria is now a police state. That is the simple and depressing truth of all this. If the government feels that you are standing in the way of its goals, then your freedoms are forfeited and you will be arrested. If you leave your house after 8pm, you will be fined. If you visit your father on Father’s Day, you will be fined. And if you protest against any of this, you will be arrested.

Is The Left Preparing A Coup? Apparently So – They’ve Come Out And Said It.

September 8, 2020

The left will mount what’s come to be known as a “color revolution,” the exact same playbook the American deep state runs in other countries whose leadership they don’t like and is currently running in Belarus. Oust a leader—even an elected one—through agitation and call it “democracy.”

Imagine All The People, Living Pathetic Lives in Peace. I Hope Someday You Will Pay Us, Comrade.

September 7, 2020

Vasili chose to live in a primitive environment, and used his impressive mental and physical energy to create wealth. Kira was imprisoned in a primitive environment, and using her prodigious mental and physical energy to avoid death.

The Only Country In The Western World That Is Willing To Sacrifice Our Children Out Of Our Own Fear.

September 6, 2020

Harms from distance learning include, by one estimate, a 30% drop in reading ability and a 50% decline in math skills. Children need socializing, too: “They don’t go to school just to learn what’s in a book.” They learn “maturation, conflict resolution, physical fitness.”

Meet The Visionary Doctor Audacious Enough To Propose A Free Market In Healthcare.

September 5, 2020

I am now more optimistic than ever that I’ll see it in my career where the people in this country reject the government’s handling of this industry, selling and auctioning all of these factors to the cronies who have ponied up in Washington and we will see a true market emerge and a real rebirth of the great tradition of medicine that for which the United States has been known for quite some time.

Celebrating Fierce Individualism, Inspiring Inequality, And Creative Entrepreneurship.

September 4, 2020

The inspiring idea that led to the U.S. was the rather novel notion that a very limited government would exist to protect the rights of individuals to live as they want. People would be free to conform, rebel, or somewhere in between so long as their pursuits didn’t trample on the rights of others.

The Noble Lie: Government Is Good.

September 3, 2020

The Plato/Socrates version may well have been satirical; the notion of the “Noble Lie” may have been a kind of goof on the idea of self-important leaders. But the modern Bernie Sanders / Elizabeth Warren "social justice" version is decidedly unironic, and therefore more dangerous by far.

The Narcissism Of Small Differences Animates Our Political Divide.

September 1, 2020

Group identity and its insignia are an all-consuming obsession of both the left and the right, just as they were of the fascists and communists who marched in the streets, eager to spill each other’s blood. Both sides carry and carefully guard the kind of sustained righteous indignation that comes with certainty of the religious kind.

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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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