The article begins with a good premise, but in the later phases it tries to brush this off as mostly a right-wing phenomenon; whereas plenty of individualist streaks are also seen within left-wing movements. Of course, a deeper analysis is not possible without devolving the discussion into yet another “their barbarous wastes” discussion[1].
In my view, modern society makes it too easy to seclude yourself from people and ideas that are opposed to yours, and there’s a lot of people focussing on individual achievements and winner-takes-all mindsets instead of trying to see how they can be valuable to their community and build relationships putting aside disagreements.
I agree, some of the most self centered, callous people I've met came out of the New Age / Anthroposophy scene. A family member who is anything but right-wing sued her siblings to get her way, introduced or fueled massive feuds among other family members, and is now complaining that she does not understand how people would dislike her.
On the other hand, as the career art of RFK, Jr. shows, horseshoe theory is real.
In my view, modern society makes it too easy to seclude yourself from people and ideas that are opposed to yours, and there’s a lot of people focussing on individual achievements and winner-takes-all mindsets instead of trying to see how they can be valuable to their community and build relationships putting aside disagreements.
[1] https://amp.knowyourmeme.com/memes/our-blessed-homeland-thei...