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What is in place to prevent the sheep mind virus from spreading in the individualist system?
I guess proper education on free market economics and individual liberty is the only way to prevent the herd mentality from spreading in a libertarian society
Good point.
What's to stop the leaches now??? Leaches sounds more accurate than sheep. I like to think individualist ideology will lead to fractured societies that will be difficult to unite. Also, does it matter? I'd argue that the founding of the US was a big leap forward even if it has been warped.
Agree, it was a big leap forward for individualists, but it fell apart when bankers screwed everyone.
It fell apart because people think power can be used safely. This includes the public. Obviously, crooks make things worse, but their power would be far more limited if people realized that power cannot be used for good without creating bad. The fall seems to me (with the luxury of hindsight) to be inevitable.
Socialism has always been dependent on a "loser class" for active and passive support. In the 19th century that was the "working class", but it's been gradually replaced by the "mooching classes" of the present day (welfare bums, government employees, etc). They may be the majority of the population, but they don't produce much in terms of actual competitive value - a fact that they are very unlikely to admit, which only makes them weaker.
Economic and personal freedom appeals to the "best and brightest", and they will be the foundation of new libertarian micronations that are to come. We need to create our own Internet platforms, educational and cultural institutions, etc. The socialist lies, no matter how numerous and loud, will all fall shallow when forced to compete with the truth on the basis of intellectual merit.
Socialism was able to proliferate over the past century by enslaving vast amounts of people, keeping them in ignorance, and preventing them (especially the best and brightest) from escaping. They can censor communist platforms, but they cannot censor us. Other emerging technologies will further limit their ability to "Waco" persistent peaceful secessionists who just want their freedom.
Governments will be forced to let the troublemakers go, lest ever-more of their sheep become corrupted by the desire for freedom. There's plenty of willing sheep for them to hold on to, but all the brains and capital will find a way to escape them. "The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money." Socialist nations will shrink and fragment, while freer ones will grow and multiply.
Without stolen money to bribe their supporters, and with increasingly limited ability to use force, the socialist mind-virus is going to have a very hard time...