{"id":53017,"date":"2020-02-24T01:00:11","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T06:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=53017"},"modified":"2020-02-23T09:28:19","modified_gmt":"2020-02-23T14:28:19","slug":"qotd-not-the-village-not-the-family-the-individual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2020\/02\/24\/qotd-not-the-village-not-the-family-the-individual\/","title":{"rendered":"QotD: Not the village, not the family &#8230; the individual"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-48672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400-50x50.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Liberals say, &#8220;It takes a village&#8221; to make a society great and strong.<\/p>\n<p>The conservatives reply, &#8220;No, it does not take a village; it takes a family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Both sides are wrong. It takes an individual. It takes an individual to accomplish even modest goals. It takes a special kind of individual to accomplish great things. More often than not, individuals accomplish what they do in spite of the family, or in spite of the village.<\/p>\n<p>It takes an individual to think, conceptualize, plan, and create. It takes an individual to rise above mediocrity, fear, and toward new discoveries.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Families&#8221; do not work, study, and make a living. Individuals do. &#8220;Villages&#8221; do not discover electricity, or cure terrible diseases. Individuals do. Families and villages are not mystical entities. The are comprised of individuals. It is the brightest, and most creative, of those individuals upon whom the family and village depend.<\/p>\n<p>Michael J. Hurd, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.capmag.com\/article.asp?ID=4345\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;It Takes An Individual&#8221;, <em>Capitalism Magazine<\/em><\/a>, 2005-08-11.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liberals say, &#8220;It takes a village&#8221; to make a society great and strong. The conservatives reply, &#8220;No, it does not take a village; it takes a family.&#8221; Both sides are wrong. It takes an individual. It takes an individual to accomplish even modest goals. It takes a special kind of individual to accomplish great things. 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