Texas Proves We Live in a Culture of Toxic Individualism

[marmar]

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Toxic Individualism Has Corrupted our Politics.

It’d be one thing if toxic individualism remained at the level of Karens and Todds yelling at cashiers.

It hasn’t.

Toxic individualism has reached the highest levels of our government. We’ve managed to get rid of the worst one, but we’ve still got a long way to go. The Texas snow storm serves as a disturbing example. On the one hand, we’ve 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, we’ve got Texas mayors like Tim Boyd, who tells his own citizens they’re “lazy” for wanting heat and electricity. He goes on to declare that in a snow storm that’s 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

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. While Texas may be among the worst,

and you couldn't pay me to live there, it is, alas, not the only state like this.

[Ohiogal]

2. Great article.

[Thomas Hurt]

3. Conservatism and christofascism are toxic individualism.

maintaining individual power is the foundation of conservatism.