Individualism vs. collectivism

[Ereaon]

Go!

I expect Ddrak is an individualist.

[Lurker]

Can you define your terms?

Everyone on the board is an individualist who also finds society to be important to varying degrees. Nodoby is going to fit neatly to one term or the other.

[Ereaon]

Everyone on the board is an individualist who also finds society to be important to varying degrees. Nodoby is going to fit neatly to one term or the other.

That takes the fun out of it.

Basically an individualist vs. a collectivist is:
Individualist believes: Only individuals have rights, not collective groups. A group only has as much power as individuals allow it.
Collectivist believes: Individuals only have the rights that the state allows
An individualist leads by example, a collectivist will use coercion to force people to obey rules.
An individualist believes in equality in law, a collectivist believes in equality through law.
An individualist believes the proper function of the state is to protect, not to provide. A collectivist believes in the redistribution of wealth via taxes to provide for the members of the state. I.e. charities vs. welfare.

[Harlowe]

People don't fit absolutely in one or the other.

[Select]

I think you'll find your answers if you read the Politics section. And as everyone has said so far, people won't fit neatly, but crossover issue to issue.

[Kulaf]

I would probably say that at the Federal level I am an individualist (using your terms and definitions), and at the state and local level I am a Collectivist.

I firmly believe that help/charity is best rendered by the people closest to the need.

[Harlowe]

I think it would be interesting to do an IP check on n00b come lately. =)

[Alluveal]

"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few."

[Ereaon]

I think it would be interesting to do an IP check on n00b come lately. =)

[Ddrak]

I think it would be interesting to do an IP check on n00b come lately. =)

?? No other poster has used any of the IPs that Ereaon has used since 2005. Why?

Dd

[Select]

Harlowe thinks I have a sock. Yeah, that's it.

[Lurker]

I think he's Ddrak. He praised himself by name and now he's burying the evidence with phony IP checks.

[Select]

[Ereaon]

I think he's Ddrak.

Eh, I was guilded with Ddrak long enough in EQ to take that as a compliment. I'll completely ignore the reasons you said it

[Garrdor]

All Australians are imposters and criminals at some point of their lives.

[Fobbon Lazyfoot]

Australians are a hoax perpetuated by the British government. ITS NOT WORKING, REDCOATS! WERE NOT BELIEVING ANY OF YOU HAVE STRAIGHT TEETH OR SUNTANS!

[Ddrak]

Dd

[Harlowe]

It smelled like a Jecks sockpuppet to me. Just seemed like a weird post to come out of nowhere from someone not posting for years was it? =)

[Lurker]

He's Ddrak. The denials and the fake IP check prove that.

[Select]

It smelled like a Jecks sockpuppet to me. Just seemed like a weird post to come out of nowhere from someone not posting for years was it? =)

Careful, he may go drama queen about you being a drama queen about him being a drama queen.