Individualism is how you are born. We each have a stomach. We do not have a collective stomach. Collectiveism is a man-made construct to steal from indviduals so as to get more for yourself. You get other people to go along with you and then you all share in the theft. It is so against the laws of nature and a shame that individualism is such a foreign concept to many in other countries.
I think the point he was making is that it depends on the scale you are talking and how interconnected everything is, at least the way I read it.
In this case, everyone has a responsibility and a job (the guy bacteria, organs, etc, etc) and without the others doing their job appropriately the rest of the organism dies. If your gut bacteria stop breaking down food into the basic nutrients, the intestines can't absorb them and the rest of the body dies. If the skin and it's micro biome didn't keep invading pathogens out the infection would kill the rest of the body. Etc etc.
I think this scales up. If you don't have a strong nuclear family you can't provide at the most basic level. If you don't have a community doctor, or farmer, or whatever else, the community as a whole suffers. HOWEVER this only scales up effectively if the smallest units are working together. If your nuclear family isn't strong and/or your neighbor doesn't have a strong nuclear family, you can't have a strong street and neighborhood. If you don't have strong neighborhoods you can't have a strong city. If you don't have a strong city you can't have a strong county. Etc.
In my opinion, the biggest flaw with the whole "support everyone" ideal of the left is WHO is going to do that? A random stranger with no skin in the game? Who the fuck cares about Joe Shmo and his family and community when they're literally just numbers and letters on a piece of paper.
Individualism is how you are born. We each have a stomach. We do not have a collective stomach. Collectiveism is a man-made construct to steal from indviduals so as to get more for yourself. You get other people to go along with you and then you all share in the theft. It is so against the laws of nature and a shame that individualism is such a foreign concept to many in other countries.
I am talking about MY stomach as opposed to YOURS. I am thinking you are either a nitpicker or a commie
I think the point he was making is that it depends on the scale you are talking and how interconnected everything is, at least the way I read it.
In this case, everyone has a responsibility and a job (the guy bacteria, organs, etc, etc) and without the others doing their job appropriately the rest of the organism dies. If your gut bacteria stop breaking down food into the basic nutrients, the intestines can't absorb them and the rest of the body dies. If the skin and it's micro biome didn't keep invading pathogens out the infection would kill the rest of the body. Etc etc.
I think this scales up. If you don't have a strong nuclear family you can't provide at the most basic level. If you don't have a community doctor, or farmer, or whatever else, the community as a whole suffers. HOWEVER this only scales up effectively if the smallest units are working together. If your nuclear family isn't strong and/or your neighbor doesn't have a strong nuclear family, you can't have a strong street and neighborhood. If you don't have strong neighborhoods you can't have a strong city. If you don't have a strong city you can't have a strong county. Etc.
In my opinion, the biggest flaw with the whole "support everyone" ideal of the left is WHO is going to do that? A random stranger with no skin in the game? Who the fuck cares about Joe Shmo and his family and community when they're literally just numbers and letters on a piece of paper.