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Texas Proves We Live in a Culture of Toxic Individualism
Texas Proves We Live in a Culture of Toxic Individualism
Theres only one solution.
Jessica Wildfire
Feb 18 · 6 min read
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It gets worse every year.
Were finding it harder to go anywhere without running into toxic individualism, whether its aggressive drivers or jerks who answer their phones in movie theaters. Asking someone to endure the slightest inconvenience sends them into a blind rage.
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Toxic Individualism Has Corrupted our Politics.
Itd be one thing if toxic individualism remained at the level of Karens and Todds yelling at cashiers.
It hasnt.
Toxic individualism has reached the highest levels of our government. Weve managed to get rid of the worst one, but weve still got a long way to go. The Texas snow storm serves as a disturbing example. On the one hand, weve got senators like Ted Cruz jetting off on a vacation to Cancun of all places while their constituents battle freezing homes.
On the other hand, weve got Texas mayors like Tim Boyd, who tells his own citizens theyre lazy for wanting heat and electricity. He goes on to declare that in a snow storm thats left millions completely exposed to the elements, the strong will survive and the weak will parish. ............(more)
https://theapeiron.co.uk/texas-proves-we-live-in-a-culture-of-toxic-individualism-f25b0bfb3360
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Texas Proves We Live in a Culture of Toxic Individualism (Original Post)
marmar
Feb 2021
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Ollie Garkie
(185 posts)1. The rich get together
And form paper collective corporations specifically to avoid "individual responsibility" the hypocrites
LuckyLib
(6,817 posts)2. When Tim Boyd can spell, we can have a discussion.
Skittles
(153,111 posts)4. parish the thought
Prof. Toru Tanaka
(1,943 posts)5. Well done!
Skittles
(153,111 posts)6. aw man
I am HONORED to be acknowledged
Skittles
(153,111 posts)3. and gun humpers are THE worst
just pathetic