Institutions (On Civilization VI)

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"We are, at our heart, a nation of rugged individualists. Not in the absurd, capitalistic manner of an Ayn Rand protagonist or a blue-blooded intern at the American Enterprise Institute, but certainly in the manner of our philosophical forefathers - Emerson, Thoreau, Jefferson, Paine. These men all advocated a nation, a way of living, where men

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[alohawolf]

The author raises some very valid points

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On the last point -- someone does have to do some of those things, but someone could be everyone. It turns out I'm having my Rothbard moment as I enter my '30s. It's so much bigger than humanities majors and baristas. The problem is civilization. Start any higher up the pyramid and the point is missed.

Institutions are dangerous. I've learned that a few times over, so when I read this passage, it resonated.

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I wish you and I had talked more before now, too. Any chance you'll be at RF?

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And if not, we should find a way to connect. Two sentences at that room party in 2009 or whatever wasn't enough. :)