[MD] Collective intelligence (Granger)

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting ARLO J BENSINGER JR <ajb102 at psu.edu>:

> [Arlo previously]
> "Arlo and other collectivists". Unbelievable.
> 
> [Platt]
> Compared to Platt, Emerson, framers of the U.S. Constitution and other
> individualists. Believable.
> 
> [Arlo]

> "Framers of the U.S. Constitution".... oh, brother... 

Read and learn:

"At the time of the formation of the United States, many of its citizens had fled
from state or religious oppression in Europe and were influenced by the egalitarian
and fraternal ideals that later found expression in the French revolution. Such
ideas influenced the framers of the U.S. Constitution (the Jeffersonian
Democratic-Republicans) who believed that the government should seek to protect
individual rights in the constitution itself; this idea later led to the Bill of
Rights. According to Ronald Scollon, the "fundamental American ideology of
individualism" can be summarized by the following two statements: 1. The individual
is the basis of all reality and all society. 2. The individual is defined by what
he or she is not." Explaining the latter statement, he says that American
individualism emphasizes that the individual is not subject to arbitrary laws, and
not subject to domination by historical precedent and preference.[4] (Wikipedia)



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