A little inspiration
A short but inspiring article by Tibor Machan, on what it is to be a Self-Made Individual.
"a self-made individual is one who thinks though the ideas and principles on which he or she bases his or he conduct before leaping to action. Self-made means not simply accepting what others tell one, not relying solely on the advice one gets from others in one’s community, including books, songs, poems, novels, etc., and so forth. Instead, the self-made individual, once reaching the age at which one can being to understand a thing or two, will actually get to think things through to make sure he or she has grasped what’s what . . .
"Self-made individuals associate with others thoughtfully, prudently, not recklessly. They do not by any means reject society but take part in it discriminately, on their own terms (tern which they often learned from others but didn’t accept blindly). When it is noted that self-made individuals don’t exist because they are often closely linked to others, it is completely overlooked that those others, too, needed to think things through carefully in order to provide good input."
Yeah, it's nice to see someone jabbing collectivists in the eye. It brightens my day.
"a self-made individual is one who thinks though the ideas and principles on which he or she bases his or he conduct before leaping to action. Self-made means not simply accepting what others tell one, not relying solely on the advice one gets from others in one’s community, including books, songs, poems, novels, etc., and so forth. Instead, the self-made individual, once reaching the age at which one can being to understand a thing or two, will actually get to think things through to make sure he or she has grasped what’s what . . .
"Self-made individuals associate with others thoughtfully, prudently, not recklessly. They do not by any means reject society but take part in it discriminately, on their own terms (tern which they often learned from others but didn’t accept blindly). When it is noted that self-made individuals don’t exist because they are often closely linked to others, it is completely overlooked that those others, too, needed to think things through carefully in order to provide good input."
Yeah, it's nice to see someone jabbing collectivists in the eye. It brightens my day.