(hearty chuckle)
bonifartius 𒂼𒄄
@amerika @bonifartius @thor no. "individualism" means "the individual above all else", by your definition. I.e. that individual rights are important.
you are thinking of "egoism" ("ego" is Latin for "I", I.e. "me")
you are thinking of "egoism" ("ego" is Latin for "I", I.e. "me")
@Hyolobrika @thor @bonifartius
I see egoism as a variety of individualism. Only that makes sense.
Intelligent people are not individualists. They act in self-interest like anything else, but temper it with a concern for bigger things because those also provide meaning.
@bonifartius @thor
In my view, we have to take language seriously, which means that an ISM (ideological singular mandate) or "ism" means:
this thing above all else
So individualism means "me first before anything else," which means that the anything else is a means to the me-first.