Selective Amnesia

Social Individualism

It has been my experience that ground-breaking, history making ideas start off rather insubstantially. One person thinks of something which meets my own thoughts at a tangent. And I, being who I am, am able to see the bigger picture and come up with the above mentioned g-b,h-m ideas.

So it was, today. Anand and I were chatting. It was then that an idea for the future was born. An Idea so Radical and World-Changing, you will not have seen before. Why, even the other halves and the typist-masses haven’t thought of it before. (And you must agree, anything that’s good for the Human Race and the Great Society has been a patented invention of the Half-lifes. Us tiny individualists are only so much clutter.)

So, anyway, let me present a snippet of our conversation:

Anand: yeah… in fact, wanted to discuss with you
me: ?
Anand: libertarians are somehow losing out on the rhetoric space because as you know those who seek illogic, do not appreciate libertarian ‘logic’. so, we’re losing out to the commie…
me: Ah, I get you. Since I am the least logical of the cartelians, I indulge in some rhetoric
Anand: of course, that does not mean we have to become illogical rhetoricians ourselves, but at-least have a bit of aym gramd
me: I could be cut out for that. Especially with my copywriting background, my Tamil pedigree (and its irony)
Yes, yes.
I shall be the Karunanidhi of Libertarians
Anand: sometimes, believe it or not, we kinda alienate people… i did, today, and that did not feel good.
me: Who?
Anand: a commie on the other hand does not alienate people and so , his version of logic sells
some people at work
me: Yes. I see a great future in Aym-Gramdish libertarianism
Leninistic Randism – That’s what I will call my new school or thought
Anand: tis already been done, it is called the american dream
me: Social Individualism
Anand: the problem right now is that american in a bad word
me: Social Individualism – how does that sound?
We all agree Man cannot be an Island unto himself
But can’t he be a Peninsula?

Anand: ithu romba over… enough of water talk
me: Thani Manidan, Thanni manidhan
It is brilliant, I say
Anand: n’gotha
me: I am a natural
Anand: ayyo… nilu’ve thevalai

So, there you have it dear people. The new version of Bleeding Heart liberals. The Bleeding Brain Libertarians. Welcome to Social Individualism.

Update: I erred. Gravely. I missed out giving a link to the great Nilu who originated the concept of Aym Gramd. Saari saar. I am very apologies. You the happy now?