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    Objectivism Is The Everyman's Philosophy

    In the universe, what you see is what you get,

    figuring it out for yourself is the way to happiness,

    and each person's independence is respected by all

  • Rand's Philosophy in Her Own Words

    • "Metaphysics: Objective Reality" "Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed/Wishing won’t make it so." "The universe exists independent of consciousness"
    • "Epistemology: Reason" "You can’t eat your cake and have it, too." "Thinking is man’s only basic virtue"
    • "Ethics: Self-interest" "Man is an end in himself." "Man must act for his own rational self-interest" "The purpose of morality is to teach you[...] to enjoy yourself and live"
    • "Politics: Capitalism" "Give me liberty or give me death." "If life on earth is [a man's] purpose, he has a right to live as a rational being"

  • Objectivism Online Chat

    Reblogged:A Reality Check for Delusional Dems

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    Before Joe Manchin ruled himself out as a possible replacement for Joe Biden, I recall a feeling of near-relief: As not-great as Manchin would be, at least I could vote for someone who wasn't nuts and could cause the Republicans to back off from finishing the destruction of their party as a home (however makeshift) to pro-liberty voters like myself. Then Manchin ruled himself out and the Democrats went all-in on far-left flibbertigibbet Kamala Harris. So long, relief. I recently heard that Pe

    New Rand Biography

    Reidy
    By Reidy,
    Amazon Washington Post review The author apparently brings out a lot of new information about Rand's early life. The snideness and inaccuracy about the content of Rand's ideas seems to be the reviewer's, not Popoff's.

    Objectivism is contrary to human nature

    hedonic
    By hedonic,
    Homo sapien is an aggressive primate species sharing a common ancestor with Hominini genera. Objectivism reifies Homo sapien into humanity by rejecting the primacy of nature and ignoring that humans are essentially apex predators which have eliminated all competition. Objectivism corresponds to this struggle for existence only by framing humanity in heroic terms rather than the brute Darwinian reality. Did Rand ever specifically address Darwinism and On the Origins of Species?   

    The Cultural Impact of Bad Monetary Policies: Beyond Inflation

    rohintest
    By rohintest,
    Hello Objectivists! I've recently written an article exploring the often overlooked cultural impacts of bad monetary policies. While the immediate effects, like inflation, are well-documented, the long-term cultural consequences are equally significant and concerning. In this article, I delve into how unrestrained money printing and low-interest loans distort corporate culture, stifle innovation, and degrade customer service quality. The piece also examines the broader societal implica

    Bastille Day, Paris 1940

    Boydstun
    By Boydstun,
    On 14 July 1940 (the day my older sister was born), there was no Bastille Day Parade in Paris. Julien Green: The End of a World

    Reblogged:Maria Machado Update

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    Earlier this year, I posted "Coward Maduro Bans 80-Year-Old Opponent," ending as follows:Back then, I opined that said candidate, Corina Yoris, was someone I could support, which should tell you something. Yoris was running as the standard-bearer of a ten-party coalition hoping to unseat the Maduro regime, and so I reckoned on yet another rubber-stamp election with no serious opposition. Fortunately, I was wrong. One Edmundo Gonzalez, a little-known septuagenarian diplomat, was permitted to ru

    Reblogged:Four Computing Finds

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    A Friday Hodgepodge This week, I piggyback on my weekly review for a short, quick post... 1. I was surprised to learn recently that there are lots of garbage flash cards floating around out there. Fortunately, there is f3, a software that can test performance and capacity of same. F3? It stands for fight flash fraud. Image by Standard Books, via download page for The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, public domain.2. Foliate is billed by one tech reviewer as "the best eBook reader for Linux."

    Existence, We

    Boydstun
    By Boydstun,
    (Click on image.) This image displays the title and subsection titles of my paper to be published in The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies this July. I developed the metaphysics debuted in this paper over a period of about five years, working on it in the morning hours of each day, beginning before sunrise. An apt name for the resulting philosophy would be Resonant Existence. The image is a pre-dawn look out back at our place, a look to the east. On my way to coffee, I glance out as I’m sayi

    Reblogged:Ten Wonders of Capitalism

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    I usually reserve Friday for blogging positive things, but I think this week -- which has seen Donald Trump all but guarantee the destruction of the Republican Party as a home for supporters of economic freedom -- has earned an extra day of positivity here. Without further ado, I share a neat post by software consultant Hillel Wayne titled "Ten Weird Things You Can Buy Online (And Why You Would)." His criteria should tell you that this is a cut or two above some dude finding random, stupid thi

    Objectivism in Academia

    cliveandrews
    By cliveandrews,
    How are Objectivists treated in the academic arenta? I know nothing about academic philosophy, but I would infer that Objectivists might have a hard time getting along with others in the feild, or even face persecution from their peers. Thoughts?

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