@p @eidolon @amerika
> I disagree; individualism is an anti-realistic pathology.

Most people I've heard making this statement start from the false hypothesis that individualism leads to atomicism which is entirely false. Since individuals are lead by human action ( the rational maximization of own interests and preferences ), it makes sense for individuals to socially cooperate among them to achieve their personal goals i.e. I trade something you need for something I need , even if that means trading time and effort in social collaboration with other individuals who have the same goals. The problem with collectivists is that they have a "short dick complex" and are usually resentful and envious of other people who did achieve what they only wished to achieve, therefore they see the demand of other people immolating and sacrificing themselves for the "greater good" as the only means for them to achieve their goals. In other words the collectivists ideology goes like this "since I have a short dick, and I can not compete with the one that have big dicks, we the 'short dick club' demand those with big dicks to cut their own dicks off in order to be bring down to our level". That's why collectivist are resentful idiots who never achieve anything that sustains in time.