Rugged Individualist Ideal

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Rugged individualist ideal.

An advocate of rugged individualism as a social or economic ideal. Rugged individualists bristle at being controlled or managed. America has always been famous for its individualism the idea that every person should be. Rugged individualism derived from individualism is a term that indicates the ideal whereby an individual is totally self reliant and independent from outside usually state or government assistance while the term is often associated with the notion of laissez faire and associated adherents it was actually coined by american president herbert hoover who presided over the emerging great.

Rugged individualists often struggle to see their membership in any group. A hardy self reliant independent person. In public papers of the presidents of the united states washington dc. Individualism is the moral stance political philosophy ideology and social outlook that emphasizes the moral worth of the individual.

Containing the public messages speeches and statements of the president march 4 to december 31 1929. Presidential speech archive miller center university of virginia http. Rugged individualism is the opposite of collectivism and many rugged individualists view inclusion and consensus building as weaknesses and as unnecessarily complex and slow.