These positions put the individual second to the state, the state being the masses viewed as a single entity that functions and survives as a whole or not at all. — Brett
Yet the principles that lay behind our success are based on the rights of the individual and the strengths of the individual in the sense of the great diversity that lies with the individual and from which our development depends. — Brett
And in many ways, our modern version of "the individual", endowed with unalienable rights, is very much a social construction. It's a result of the way western culture has developed. — Echarmion
The individual suffers for other people's vanity, — neonspectraltoast
Ideally, the individual because the individual is best informed about their own personal needs, i.e. they are their best personal advocate. The state generally belongs in the background creating and enforcing laws that allow individuals to peacefully go about their daily lives and keep public services running. — BitconnectCarlos
Isn’t it an irony that in a place of business or corporation the individual, with their skills, submits to the greater good of the company for its success. — Brett
The company has an objective that everyone plays a part in achieving. The employee doesn’t go off on his own tangent or belief in what’s good for the company. — Brett
The irony is that a communal effort achieves success in a capitalist environment. — Brett
The individual determines his goals and the most efficient means for achieving them. The individual then trades his work for cash if and only if laboring for the company qualifies as "most efficient means". — Tech
For the employee “most efficient means” doesn’t come into it. He/she applies for a position. On the basis of their potential contribution to the objectives of the company they’re hired. — Brett
You might have to define “efficient means”. — Brett
The individual does not submit. “I am an individual. Therefore I submit to nothing, even if it’s in my own interests”. — Brett
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