I have noticed that the conservative/Trumpists, don’t talk
about the “we”, society at hand… It is always, Me, or I, but
not We…
I have engaged with the “I” quite often, but we have to engage
with the “I” in term of society, the “we”… notice that whenever
one engages in “we” problems… it is discussed by the conservative/Trumpists,
as “fake news” the Covid pandemic, “fake news” global warming, “fake news”
the 2020 election with Biden winning, “fake news”… the Russian cyber attacks on
our government and companies…“fake news”…in fact, every time one suggests
an “we” issue, it is considered to be “fake news” by the conservative/Trumpists…
this radical individualism is a danger to us all…because it does exclude the “us”
“we” that is so important in our lives… there isn’t even a sense of society within
the conservative/Trumpists, viewpoint… it is all about “me” and anything that isn’t
about “me” is “fake news”…
but the fact is, we cannot survive alone, we must have various groups around
us to survive… the family for example… it is as vital a factor for survival
as air or water is to us…love… we cannot survive as human beings without love…
but does a conservative/Trumpists, ever mention or acknowledge love?
no, because the conservative/Trumpist is about hate and anger…
and we must have a society around us to survive… and that part of society can
be small, friends, and large, business and government for examples…
we cannot educate ourselves and we cannot feed ourselves and we
cannot protect ourselves without some aspects of society, the “us”, the “we”…
it may be thought of that the modern question of the political might be
how does the one, the “I” fit into society, the “we” the ''us" and conversely
how is society suppose to engage us as individuals, the “one”…
what is my engagement with society and what is society engagement with me?
and at various times in history, a balance was found between the individual, the “I”
and the society, ''we"… the middle ages for example had balance between the two,
but it was a remarkably flawed balance that favored the society, the “we” over the “one”
the individual…
the question becomes, how do we balance the needs of the individual, “one”
against the needs of the society, “we”?
we can see this need for balance in our judicial system, our educational system,
our health system, our political system, and in our history, economics,
philosophical studies… we must find a balance between “me”
and “us”… one that accepts and holds equal, both the individual needs
and societal needs…
the only way I can see this happening is by a clear and defined understanding of
what is the individual needs and what is the societal needs…
a bill of rights or a constitution as it were, sorting out and defining
what it means to be an individual and what it means to be
a part of a society…and the role and obligations of both the individual
and of the society toward each other…
existence is not just about “me” but is about “us”…
so what role does the individual play in existence
and what role does the society play in existence?
and how do they relate to each other?
Kropotkin