
EP 436: The Myth of Rugged Individualism—and Hope for Something More (Remix)
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The Illusion of Individualism
Hannah Arendt wrote presciently about the danger of a society of lonely individuals. Loneliness, she argued, was the breeding ground of totalitarianism. She understood loneliness as a peculiarly modern problem. The condition of individuality and the state of isolation are both illusions.
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