Transcendentalists are generally open-minded folk who are quite idealistic. They dream of a bright future where everybody is a good person with a conscience. Though this would be a lovely world to live in, I doubt it will happen any time soon.
I agree that everybody should trust themselves and rely on themselves more than anybody else. It is good to be independent. I agree that people should be educated and peaceful with others. I agree that people should be patriotic to their countries, to a certain extent. (Citizens shouldn't support unjust countries.)
I disagree with the religious stuff, mainly. From my understanding, transcendentalism has a lot to do with religion, which is chill, but not my kind of chill. I am also not a fan of all the men in transcendentalism who care more about man's progression than woman's. A true transcendentalist should promote equality among everybody.
I am a very skeptical person, so I would not call myself a transcendentalist. My idealistic world would be a world of peace and equality and justice, which does include some key ideas of transcendentalism. My problem is that I do not believe that everybody has good in them. Obviously there are corrupt people out there who are unjust and all-around bad guys. I would like everybody to be great human beings, but I simply do not believe it.
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