Friday, July 02, 2004

Village Idiots

The “common good,” the “global village,” socialistic premises embraced by a very large of percentage of politicians, and the sheeple baaing at their gates, deserve to be overrun. 

David Masten, in a post at Catallarchy, points out a glaring embracement of these concepts, at the expense of the individual, in the book The Cluetrain Manifesto, and shares a personal reflection on why the individual is the key.

"I was not raised by some amorphous village. Really. I was brought into this world by two individuals. No two other individuals could ever replace them. There is no other woman like my mom, and no other man like my father. Other individuals influenced my life, Miss Muster who carefully cultivated my interested in science and science fiction, Mrs. Kosinsky who showed me the censored letters from her husband in communist Poland, Mr Stetler whose “science club” was really only about the practical application of ballistics, my track and cross-country coach Aunt Beth, though she was not the “official” coach, or any of the other individuals who shaped my life. All are individuals, the replacement of any of them with someone else would have made for an entirely different me. I was not raised by some group of faceless villagers."

David’s post is titled “A Clue-by-Four for The Cluetrain Manifesto."

Posted by John Venlet on 07/02 at 04:01 AM
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