What movies glorify individualism, and how has that negatively affected western society? The Pursuit of Happiness, for example, teaches us that all we have to do is work tirelessly and give your entire life away so that you'll be "rewarded" with wealth, success, and happiness. See, anyone can do it! Forget about teamwork and community! American Beauty, on the other hand, portrays a middle-aged man isolated from friends and family and his search for meaning. He starts to become happier when he involves himself more in social settings and starts meeting new people. When will we stop admiring individualism in cinema?
>>215456020I'm me, so to me, satisfying my desires takes precedence before that of society.>but if everyone thought way, everyone would be worse off!I'm not everyone. I'm me.
>>215456722objective morality is a retarded term. any morality is by definition objective. peak brainlet take
>>215456776Love semantic arguments. Define morality.
>>215456020Oh is that why Carlin had the exact same opinion as all of Hollywood?
>>215456020this retard would 100% be telling people to get their 12th boosters
Carlin was a highly skilled orator but the more you look into his material he was such a self-aggrandising douchebag.
>>215456020I see it as tragic to be honest. Carlin’s take is very much the result of by being burnt by Reaganism and Randian thought that still continues today. They nobody owes you anything, but then in turn want you to give everything to them. It’s why people turn to the far right or far left.
>>215457079I first saw him live on the Ed Sullivan Show. You are correct.
>>215456020Your example of American Beauty is the opposite of what you're stating. He is being crushed as a disposable piece of income by his immediate community, and begins to lapse in his social role more and more throughout the movie, which is also what happens in our lives today.We have a greater problem today with over socializing, thanks especially to the internet. There's not enough people who are critical and skeptical of their society, and all of it's various broken social contracts, hence the incels, feminists, and the general imperial mono culture that's eating up the globe today.
>>215456722You fail the shopping cart test and thus you are fundamentally incompatible with a functioning society. Let me guess, you're the kind of guy who doesn't let cars merge into his lane when there's construction? Your mentality is short-sighted and ultimately self-destructive. It's the mentality of low IQ apes incapable of future planning.
>>215457079He was just a typical leftist with an incredibly high verbal IQ. He basically hated white people and wanted to watch the west burn.
>>215456722What if your desires and society were the same?
>>215456020ask him about being a parent. His daughter has some wonderful stories about him thinking only of himself.
>>215456722>heh, guess what chud, there is no objective morality. You cant restrain me hehe>A-ARE YOU DOING A HECKIN RACISM, SEXISM, HOMOPHOBIA, TRANSPHOBIA, OR XENOPHOBIA?!? STOP THAT RIGHT NOW!>I MEANT MORALITY AS LIKE WHEN CHRISTIANS TELL ME ITS WRONG TO GET FUCKED IN THE ASSStirnerfags are the most socially conditioned good boys imaginable. Safe edgy to the core.
>>215456020Has this guy told a single actual joke?
