2026-10-23 02:03 UTC
And the “myth of rugged individualism”, which is a political science/journalism way of saying rich people sold a bullshit idea of American culture being largely reliant on people not accepting help or cooperation from other people or the govt so rich people can avoid putting in their fair share.
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@DespairSquid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-10-23 08:24
“myth of rugged individualism”, A better name for that that, one which I apply to myself, is “toxic independence”. It covers more issues, I think, becise it includes people who don’t see themselves as rugged but just surviving as best they can.