CMV: Individualism is the downfall of the working class and society.

Individualism is the downfall of the working class.

If you turn on any media source geared towards politics, you will find complaints. A countless number of complaints and arguments. Endless blame being placed on billionaires or on bigots or on corrupt politicians and so on. At a first glance you would think it is illegal for a citizen to build their own organization, collectively act and pool resources together, go off grid and build their own communities or organizations.

We have millions of people who likely have 10-40$ in monthly subscriptions, thousands spent on products and services provided by the very people they claim to be enemies of and they complain that they do not get paid enough to survive on their own. In what world is it mandatory to survive on your own? When has that ever been the norm? It’s like people have completely given up on collective effort in favor of the good ole isolationist struggle.

There are trillions of dollars being produced, by us. A community of a few thousand could for the price of a Netflix subscription could over time build systems that would free them from the predatory companies and the dynamics of the broader economy. People are stuck in a state of inaction. They are bombarded with everything but the message that they can bring change through cooperation with each other and collaboration .

Entire communities could be built,programs funded and lives changed if people would just not be so isolated from one another. It is not the corporations or the billionaires or the government that is necessary to solve our issues. It is us.

EDIT: Rugged individualism would be a more accurate description of what i mean.

TL/DR: People thinking the government and billionaires are the reason they are struggling to survive are completely ignoring the power of collective economics and cooperation.