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Political Philosophy Political philosophy, capitalism, rights, law For current topics, post in Current Events ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It looks like this thread may have been more properly "Current Events" than here, as I see little to no political philosophy in the thread, all through it. Be that as it may, DA, here's my two cents worth on your post two before last. (Sorry I couldn't get back to you sooner; my hands were simply out getting dirty pulling weeds.) No. Do not suppose Atlas in its producers-going-on-strike is the world you live in or ever have or will live in. I read Atlas ten years after it was issued. I was a young man and supposed the government powers and initiatives projected in Atlas were unfolding around me. I thought for sure that was the story of the real and darkening world around me when Nixon imposed wage and price controls. That was a low point. Many terrible steps have been taken by our government, but if one reads the government steps in Atlas, they simply have not been taken in all these decades in the real world. (I noticed that during the financial meltdown during Bush-Obama, nationalization of the banks was not a seriously considered option; in earlier eras of this country, it would have been.) From my own perspective, the worst thing going on in the last couple of decades with the government is unbalanced budgets. Debt, debt, debt. The little one can do about that is make that one's top issue in discussing political problems. During the 2020 Primary interval, one Independent and one Republican tried to make that their top issue in their Presidential bids. Both found there was no interest among the voters, and they soon ended their campaigns. Still, I think the issue must be gotten to the top for the future of our country. Notice this is not an issue one learns about from or is tops in Atlas. That's not a criticism of the politics in Atlas, only of real people with mythology and handwaving in place of seeing one's real surrounding world and what is more important in the political scene, seeing through all the diversions of culture wars and sloganeering. But most importantly, locally, individually, is one's controls of one's own life. No, do not withdraw. Some of my young comrades in the '70's were saying withdraw. No. They were wrong, and it would still be wrong. Try to make money for yourself and your family. Try to get more and more education. That is what I did, and, with some good fortune in the mix, I've had a good life. I think that is still the way to make for one's life and happiness, right here, right now in this country.

Some time ago, in another Objectivist Forum, a poster noted that I appeared to assemble information in the form of images as, I guess a kind of transformation of written content. I do tend to think in terms of images, but as that is natural and unremarkable to me, I haven't any idea how different this may be generally. On reflection, my hope is that it is unique. I'd like to be really good at something no one else does!