Because people make it so, not because the natural order of the world gets us there
For some reason because we can validates that we should. Any jackass has the power of a research team of phds. It's kinda weird.
For some reason because we can validates that we should. Any jackass has the power of a research team of phds. It's kinda weird.
Governments successfully collectively controlling dangerous things so they don’t fall into the hands of rogue bad actors fundamentally opposes the extreme individualist every-man-for-himself perspective in every conceivable way. It’s the absolute opposite of “it’s everybody’s responsibility to protect themselves because everybody else is only going to look out for themselves.”
And when individuals have that much leverage, collective action is the only conceivable way to oppose it. Some of those things might be cultural, like mores, some might be laws, some might be more martial. I don’t see how extreme individualism even theoretically could be more powerful.