Rugged Individualism Today

During the 1950s a decade of economic prosperity free market capitalism and mccarthyism such views were controversial.

Rugged individualism today.

And rugged individualism continues to be a part of our mental makeup. After all the rugged individualism of herbert hoover was believed by. I believe it isn t really called by that term but people know it as the american dream. It helps that it now has a name.

So rugged individualism even today relies on that very constitutional system for protection. People who aren t familiar with both are those who think reaching your lifetime goals don t require any effort or any struggles. What s more when you adopt this mentality of me plus you equals more you attract other people with that same mindset and everyone grows together. Attracting the right people.

This is an oddity but for a very long time the term rugged individualism seems not to have existed. If rugged individualism is your growth ceiling teamwork is the hammer that will break through it. Frederick jackson turner should have coined it in his 1893 essay on the frontier but he didn t. The term rugged individualism was coined by president herbert hoover in 1928 as a way to describe the american philosophy of self reliance and the need to be free of government control and this ideology is the problem.

In america today we still struggle with people who don t live up to the idea of rugged individualism. It s a win win scenario.