Family is Everything

I think it’s unavoidable that individualism is overrated. Don’t get me wrong — I used to be an absolutely radical individualist. I considered myself a self-made man. I thought every belief I had was something I individually considered and figured out on my own.

But, simply put, this is false. My mother and father taught me what I know about money, integrity, doing the right thing no matter how it feels, and analyzing everything through the lens of reason. My beliefs and identity are not stand alone — I am the product of my parents.

So what happens when we try to function without our family connections?

Men who go to prison rarely, rarely had a good relationship with their father. Teens who commit suicide almost always just needed a dad to be there for them. Public education and the social hell known as “high school” destroys so many souls, because the human mind was created to be taught and nurtured by family.

Of course, this is all seemingly obvious, right? “Family is everything” isn’t exactly the world’s most original thought. But it’s easily one of the most important and fundamental social building blocks possible.

In my next post, I’ll discuss how the modern man is characterized not by his family, not by his wealth, not by his God — the modern man is obsessed with bizarre social rituals which force him to abandon his basic values.