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Government and individual responses to the covid-19 pandemic, especially in Western Nations that value capitalism, showed how individualism can cause harm. For example... | Government and individual responses to the covid-19 pandemic, especially in Western Nations that value capitalism, showed how individualism can cause harm. For example... | ||
*Individuals have been encouraged to make 'personal' choices on vaccines, masks and gatherings. This discourse suggests individuals are responsible for their health only, however, a lack of support and a lifting of mask mandates means many vulnerable groups suffered as a result of people only considering their own risk. | *Individuals have been encouraged to make 'personal' choices on vaccines, masks and gatherings. This discourse suggests individuals are responsible for their health only, however, a lack of support and a lifting of mask mandates means many vulnerable groups suffered as a result of people only considering their own risk. | ||
*"''There is no individual safety without collective safety and collective safety requires that no one is safe unless everyone is safe." - Mia Mingus <ref>https://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2022/01/16/you-are-not-entitled-to-our-deaths-covid-abled-supremacy-interdependence/</ref> | *"''There is no individual safety without collective safety and collective safety requires that no one is safe unless everyone is safe." - Mia Mingus <ref>https://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2022/01/16/you-are-not-entitled-to-our-deaths-covid-abled-supremacy-interdependence/</ref> '' | ||
''"You enjoy connection at the expense of our isolation. Your wants are always more important than our needs. When you choose to gamble with your own health, you only take into consideration your own risks and never the risks of others. Abled entitlement ensures your risk assessment will always be, “if I get sick, I will be able to recover OK. My family will be OK. My children will be OK.” Never, “Will they be OK? Will their children be OK? Will their family be OK? Will everyone they might also interact with be OK?” Never, “Could this harm their neighborhood? Their state? Their country? Their continent?” Shielded by your abled privileged bravado of “it won’t happen to me.” Never, “Who might I be exposing? I might be OK, but someone else may not.”- Mia Mingus <ref>https://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2022/01/16/you-are-not-entitled-to-our-deaths-covid-abled-supremacy-interdependence/</ref> '' | ''"You enjoy connection at the expense of our isolation. Your wants are always more important than our needs. When you choose to gamble with your own health, you only take into consideration your own risks and never the risks of others. Abled entitlement ensures your risk assessment will always be, “if I get sick, I will be able to recover OK. My family will be OK. My children will be OK.” Never, “Will they be OK? Will their children be OK? Will their family be OK? Will everyone they might also interact with be OK?” Never, “Could this harm their neighborhood? Their state? Their country? Their continent?” Shielded by your abled privileged bravado of “it won’t happen to me.” Never, “Who might I be exposing? I might be OK, but someone else may not.”- Mia Mingus <ref>https://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2022/01/16/you-are-not-entitled-to-our-deaths-covid-abled-supremacy-interdependence/</ref> '' | ||
If you have any suggested revisions or additional resources to share related to the above content, please email them to kenzie@lehub.ca. | If you have any suggested revisions or additional resources to share related to the above content, please email them to kenzie@lehub.ca. | ||
Revision as of 16:16, 18 September 2022
Individualism is a value system, a theory of human nature, and a belief in certain political, economic, social, and religious arrangements. According to the individualist, all values are human-centred, the individual is of supreme importance, and all individuals are morally equal." - Britannica [1]
Examples of Individualism
The COVID-19 Pandemic
Government and individual responses to the covid-19 pandemic, especially in Western Nations that value capitalism, showed how individualism can cause harm. For example...
- Individuals have been encouraged to make 'personal' choices on vaccines, masks and gatherings. This discourse suggests individuals are responsible for their health only, however, a lack of support and a lifting of mask mandates means many vulnerable groups suffered as a result of people only considering their own risk.
- "There is no individual safety without collective safety and collective safety requires that no one is safe unless everyone is safe." - Mia Mingus [2]
"You enjoy connection at the expense of our isolation. Your wants are always more important than our needs. When you choose to gamble with your own health, you only take into consideration your own risks and never the risks of others. Abled entitlement ensures your risk assessment will always be, “if I get sick, I will be able to recover OK. My family will be OK. My children will be OK.” Never, “Will they be OK? Will their children be OK? Will their family be OK? Will everyone they might also interact with be OK?” Never, “Could this harm their neighborhood? Their state? Their country? Their continent?” Shielded by your abled privileged bravado of “it won’t happen to me.” Never, “Who might I be exposing? I might be OK, but someone else may not.”- Mia Mingus [3]
If you have any suggested revisions or additional resources to share related to the above content, please email them to kenzie@lehub.ca.
- ↑ https://www.britannica.com/summary/individualism
- ↑ https://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2022/01/16/you-are-not-entitled-to-our-deaths-covid-abled-supremacy-interdependence/
- ↑ https://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2022/01/16/you-are-not-entitled-to-our-deaths-covid-abled-supremacy-interdependence/