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This demand gives the lie to a common misconception of liberalism, namely, that it is an ethic of insouciant self-indulgence, a politics for blithe egoists.

Finally, the game must be the undisputed king, and all the egoists and agitators would do well to fall in line.

He called it a “union of egoists,” quoting the philosopher Max Stirner, “in its simplest form.”

And so you get blowhards and sycophants, egoists and ignoramuses mixed in among those just striving to be dedicated public servants.

The egoist in you will find it hard to resist bragging about the proliferation of butterflies that will flock to the drought-tolerant De La Mina.