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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"

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    Reblogged:Did War on Drugs Lead to Surfside?

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    A lengthy and somewhat repetitive story from USA Today considers evidence that money laundering, necessitated by our country's ill-advised, immoral, and anti-freedom "War on Drugs" might have led to some of the design flaws and structural defects in Champlain Towers South, which collapsed in June:And later:It is disturbing to contemplate that the artificially high recreational drug prices (and need to hide income from such sales) created by the War on Drugs might have led to criminals, with thei

    Reblogged:Ideas Are the Flip-Switch of Our Political 'Ratchet'

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    "If the 'conservatives' do not stand for capitalism, they stand for and are nothing; they have no goal, no direction, no political principles, no social ideals, no intellectual values, no leadership to offer anyone. "Yet capitalism is what the 'conservatives' dare not advocate or defend..." -- Ayn Rand, in "Conservatism: An Obituary," 1962 *** A piece at MSNBC notes -- sixty years after Ayn Rand made the above observation -- "It wasn't that long ago that Republicans boasted about being the part

    Shameful Display of Anarchy and Violence

    Yes
    By Yes,
    As America prepares to certify our next President, a large band of hooligans have taken upon themselves to storm the Capitol.  This in the name of Freedom?  Are these hooligans striving to look for their Fuhrer?  As a footnote, something like this happened in fiction- in Atlas Shrugged.

    Reblogged:Lucas vs. 'Standard Questions'

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    At Inc, business writer Suzanne Lucas makes a plea to job interviewers:I completely agree, and while I wish the rest of the column had made the point more explicitly, I think many readers will likely connect the dots for themselves that The purpose of a job interview is for each person in the conversation to be able to learn how good a fit the applicant and the job are for each other. Lucas does list a few questions better suited to that purpose for everyone involved, and even suggests ways to i

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