About Individualism.com

Millions of loving fans asked me to create this blog.

Not really, but that would be cool. Why do I blog? Some people believe that it’s best to respect the beliefs of everybody. You know, the cultural relativism school of thought. They believe that everybody should just get along, respecting and loving and not judging anything.

I have a slightly different take on life. I believe that beliefs lead to actions. For instance, somebody believes that he has been a victim of society, and he takes it out on society by committing atrocious crimes. Ted Bundy, for example, figured that women had betrayed him. He felt entitled to do what he did – murder, rape and mutilate – because his beliefs.

I don’t value “getting along” to the degree that I will remain silent when obnoxiously fallacious theories are being expounded by the powers that be.

Respecting humans, on the other hand, is extremely important. No matter how erroneous an individual’s beliefs may be, the individual himself must be respected. Not in the sense of “admired”; but his freedom must be respected. His freedom to believe what he chooses to. His freedom to do precisely what others may not approve of, as long as his actions do not pose an imminent threat to the freedom of others.

Understanding is another thing that has fallen out of favor. The level of hatred and intolerance in the world today is horrifying. Intolerance towards religious individuals; intolerance toward belief and value systems; intolerance towards those who deviate from the “norm” in any.

The intolerance comes from the Left and the Right, but more and more from the Left. Intolerance is entirely an invention of collectivism and it is the antithesis of individualism.

To sum up the purpose of this blog in one sentence: It exists to identify and oppose violations of individual freedom.

About John Scott

Obviously, my name is John Scott. I was born in the US of A and spent my formative years in Tokyo, Japan.