When Rationalists Unite

Individuality and philosophical initiative and autonomy do not conflict with the basic concept of bonding with others for the sake of personal fulfillment and ideological saturation of a culture.  Standing alongside fellow rationalists--those who made themselves worthy of bearing that title--is one of the greatest treasures of rationalism after one's personal connection with objective truth.  This unity is even enough to transcend the relatively minor disagreements that might surface between individual rationalists.  In fact, all other examples of unity that are not founded on rationalism are at most pale, partly-complete shadows of this ultimate kind of relational and philosophical bonding.  All of this is true in spite of the high emphasis rationalism reveals autonomy and individualism to have.

Individuals are always the strongest they can be when they look to reason and introspection, forsaking all assumptions, for rationalistic power of the intellect's grasp of reason is necessary to even understand all other kinds of strength and competence.  Reliance on others in the place of the absolute certainty and immediate access to reason is philosophically abominable.  What about connection with others?  What about standing by their side ideologically and relationally?  Must one then never seek help from, comfort from, or conversation with others in the name of reason and rationalism?  Absolutely not!  Beyond the subjective satisfaction of social longings that can come when rationalists bond, the resolve and passion of each member can be amplified in unity.

In fact, as autonomous, capable, and content as individual rationalists can be left to themselves, uniting with other rationalists can give them access to reinforced emotional strength and a deepened resolve that might be absent without this.  Nothing about this makes individuals lack potential for strength and resolve, nor does sociality ultimately have anything to do with actually making people intelligent or self-aware when only individuals themselves can open their own mental doorways to these qualities.  Unity among true rationalists only allows for whatever social power and emotional intensity one possesses to be increased without diminishing the autonomy and individuality of anyone involved.

The potential strength of individuals is routinely underestimated on an intellectual, emotional, spiritual, and moral level.  No one needs a single other person to even be in their life to a minor extent in order to at least become a rationalist, acknowledge the inherent truth of reason and the immediate nature of their own existence in addition to their grasp of reason, and begin the process of self-betterment on many levels.  All the same, it is true that rationalists united wield a shared power that no one at all outside of rationalism can attain--they have the power of being unified in the most foundational, inescapable truths and have allies to weather the general apathy and stupidity of others with, along with whatever personal trials they might face irrespective of societal issues.