Yup, and this is why he wins. Human's are not wired for "rugged individualism" we are wired for community. People who can't see that and speak to that will keep losing to people who can.
A rant about it -> https://hannahmr.com/a-libertarians-guide-to-understanding-the-popularity-of-socialism/
I agree. I believe the term “rugged individualism” is a misnomer for something more captured by a term like “decentralized and voluntary community hubs” (I’m not tied to that language but something along those lines seems a better fit).
The sovereignty I seek is one free of top down control, with actual free markets without oligarchy and monopoly, with free association and cooperation.
Mahmdani’s language appeals to people, unfortunately, because we fail to communicate that you do not have to seek sovereignty as a lone wolf. But his language and intentions are not what I would view as something to aspire to.
Like the warm, smothering calmness of pneumonia, drifting off to a peaceful sleep as your lungs gradually fill with fluid.
The herd voting harder for the central heated abattoir, “hey look, the kind farmer is even paying for the bus ride there”
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They shall not go out with a cheers, a roar or a cry of anguish, they will welcome their destroyer with indifference from not having spent the time to understand how their “savours” will magic up all the money that they so desperately need understanding what the policies they want, desire to dearly
They shall not go out with a cheers, a roar or a cry of anguish, they will welcome their destroyer with indifference from not having spent the time to understand how their “savours” will magic up all the money that they so desperately “deserve as their fundamental human right”
