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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:'The Science' Doesn't Really Matter to the Left

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    Pre-Pandemic, leftists were fond of using "the science" as a rhetorical cudgel, most noticeably in the public policy debate over fossil fuels. To take much of what that side of the debate said at face value, there was a broad consensus among scientists that continued use of fossil fuels at current rates would soon cause irreparable damage to the Earth's climate. Let's set aside several questions for the moment, such as, (1) whether there really is a consensus, (2) what any such consensus might

    What is the Media? What has credibility?

    Easy Truth
    By Easy Truth,
    The media seems to be multiple sources of information. It seems to be any of these (and more): 1. Newspapers, News Shows on TV 2. Editors and Editorials 3. Pundits like Hannity, Tucker, Coulter, Michael Moore, Rachel Maddow etc. 4. Authors of Books 5. Think Tanks like ARI or Brookings or Hoover 6. Movies 7. Facebook Twitter Google (maybe parler now)  8. The court system (evidence based and ideology) etc. There is a lot of talk about being manipul

    Reblogged:Pro-Liberty Roundup, Part III

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    This is the third and final part of a series with three installments. *** Image by Oliver Plattner, via Unsplash, license. "[E]conomic self-interest dovetailed nicely with infection control for both Disney World and the NBA." -- Paul Hsieh, in "Three Covid-19 Success Stories" (Forbes) "Lost in this focus on market share is how the large market share was obtained." -- Raymond Niles, in "Monopoly vs. Monopoly: Sloppy Definitions Lead to Harmful Policy" (American Institute for Economic Researc

    My Verses

    Boydstun
    By Boydstun,
    . These Words These words we read from some desire . . that someone live . . the this entire. Read is our reach, . . our grasp, our be . . life that is know . . wings that are free.   Copyright Stephen C. Boydstun 2016    

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