DID I HAPPEN TO MENTION THAT THERE WAS A WAR ON INDIVIDUALISM? By Nealz Bortz

"DID I HAPPEN TO MENTION THAT THERE WAS A WAR ON INDIVIDUALISM?
'Fascist ethics begin ... with the acknowledgment that it is not the individual who confers a meaning upon society, but it is, instead, the existence of a human society which determines the human character of the individual. According to Fascism, a true, a great spiritual life cannot take place unless the State has risen to a position of pre-eminence in the world of man. The curtailment of liberty thus becomes justified at once, and this need of rising the State to its rightful position.'
[Mario Palmieri, 'The Philosophy of Fascism' 1936]
'We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society.'
[Hillary Clinton, 1993]
'When will the world learn that a million men are of no importance compared with one man?'
[Henry David Thoreau]

Well .. there you go. A few different opinions on the value of the individual and individualism. This Thoreau character seemed to recognize the primacy of the individual. You really can't say the same for European fascists and our probable next president of the United States, the smartest woman in the world, Hillary Rodham."

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