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culprit wrote

"The point is that there is no Right, there is only Might." What does this mean when two individuals have conflicting desires? It seems to mean the most mighty will prevail. That seems like an ideology of eugenics or 'survival of the fittest'. Deciding things by single combat seems like a devolution of social dynamics.

I did some reading on egoist/individualist thought the last few days, but nothing seemed to address this issue. I still don't understand what solutions this perspective is supposed to provide. I see the focus on ego as very fertile soil for dangerous factional power to arise. The egoist perspective diagnoses the problem of collective power, but it doesn't seem to offer any real direction on how to address it meaningfully.

I'd be interested in any functional description of the usefulness of this perspective in addressing the failings of collective power. All I've discovered is circular reasoning about it.

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