Thus the one point in which the philosophers of “Individualism” predicted truly was that in which they did not predict at all, but in which they merely clarified and simplified established wont and use: when, that is, they asserted that the main business of government is to make property interests secure.
Dewey reflects on the role of government in securing property interests as a fundamental aspect of individualism.
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