How America Created (& Ruined) Individualism | video essay

Go to https://piavpn.com/revolutionary to get 83% off of Private Internet Access! #PrivateInternetAccess #vpn #PIA #bestvpn ✧American individualism is a LIE (here's why) - revolutionaryth0t✧ American individualism is a myth - but a better individualism is possible. This video essay dissects the three myths of American rugged individualism, discusses how the current economic system stifles true autonomy, and proposes how collective liberation via socialism can produce the individualism Americans think they have. Featuring Oscar Wilde quotes, a debunking of American individualism, anti-capitalist discourse, radical individualism, and a lot of American history. SUPPORT MY WORK: Patreon:   / revolutionaryth0t   Tip jar: https://PayPal.me/revolutionaryth0t Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/revolutionaryth0t OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA & LINKS TO 🇵🇸 GFM’S: https://linktr.ee/revolutionaryth0t BUSINESS INQUIRIES: [email protected] SOURCES:   / 130194411   OTHER VIDEOS:    • What Soviet cartoons teach us about socialism      • Everything wrong with the Political Compass      • The Truth About Women’s Liberation in the ...      • Capitalism: the system making us sick   00:00:00 Intro 00:03:02 How America is not individualist 00:09:20 The three foundational myths of American individualism 00:14:09 1. The independent proprietor 00:27:16 2. The rights bearer 00:38:27 3. The self-made man 00:46:53 What is real individualism? 01:01:14 Conclusion