The Myth of Self-Reliance - The Paris Review
Rugged individualism is still deeply enmeshed in American culture. And its myth is one of our biggest exports to the rest of the world. Rugged individualism is the philosophical foundation that convinces you that if you fail, it’s because you’re not good enough. Rugged individualism erases the impact of structural and systemic inequality.
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Tara McMullin • Hope Beyond Rugged Individualism
There is no self except in relationship to the other. The economic man, the rational actor, the Cartesian “I am” is a delusion that cuts us off from most of what we are, leaving us lonely and small.
Charles Eisenstein • The Ascent of Humanity: Civilization and the Human Sense of Self
Dependence starts when we’re born and lasts until we die. We accept our dependence as babies, and ultimately, with varying levels of resistance, we accept help as we get to the end of our lives. But in the middle of our lives, we mistakenly fall prey to the myth that successful people are those who help rather than need, and broken people need rath
... See moreBrené Brown • Rising Strong: How the Ability to Reset Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
