Sunday 28 June 2009

The clans

Isn't it funny how certain ideologues -- the ones who claim to believe in nothing but "the individual" -- are those who in reality believe in nothing but tribalism?

Take the patriarchs, for instance, and their insistence on defending their clan of penises.

1 comment:

profacero said...

It really is one of the most common ... tropes, would one call it?

Americans, claim individualism and tout personal responsibility, but outsource thinking.

Brazilians, claim extreme originality and then describe themselves in terms of the most rampant national cliches.

Et cetera.

Cultural barriers to objectivity