The surest defense against Evil is extreme individualism, originality of thinking, whimsicality, even – if you will – eccentricity.

对抗邪恶的最可靠防御，是极端的个人主义、原创性思考、古怪，甚至可以说是反常。

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But at some point, America ceased emphasizing community values and began valuing extreme individualism.

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Perhaps one could even argue that his tendency toward self-aggrandizement reflects an extreme form of American individualism.

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