Is he arguing that he is truly and fully self reliant, or is he just experimenting with self reliance? If it’s the latter then I think it’s unreasonable to complain that he didn’t achieve 100% full self reliance since that’s impossible, but if he’s obnoxiously talking about how he doesn’t need anyone while enjoying all these privileges then I totally get the hypocrisy complaints.
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karashta@kbin.social 9 months ago
"Walden (/ˈwɔːldən/; first published in 1854 as Walden; or, Life in the Woods) is a book by American transcendentalist writer Henry David Thoreau. The text is a reflection upon the author's simple living in natural surroundings. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and—to some degree—a manual for self-reliance.[2]"
It's his "independence" and "self reliance" parts that make him a hypocrite
This doesn't invalidate everything he says and does.
But it's really easy to be "independent" when someone else foots the bill for the land you're living on and you mom does your laundry for you.
fidodo@lemmy.world 9 months ago
DessertStorms@kbin.social 9 months ago
Sounds like Ayn Rand, and about as credible lol...
lolcatnip@reddthat.com 9 months ago
I guess if does if you’re just picking your keywords and not actually reading what they wrote.
Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Yeah he was the gentleman billionaire of his time. Telling everyone else how much happier he was when he took a summer off to explore himself.