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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

    People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump

    Boydstun
    By Boydstun,
    Statement of Facts in the Indictment – 4/4/23

    Reblogged:Abortion, Electoral Kookiness Lose in Wisconsin

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    The Democrat won in an important race for a seat on Wisconsin's supreme court yesterday, and it would behoove the Republican Party to take a moment to ask itself why:Another story notes:Both stories discussed elections, but with different slants, with the leftist NBC News focusing on the court's role in how Wisconsin draws its electoral maps and the right-wing Newsweek noting the court's reaction to one of Donald Trump's loony 2020 electoral challenges. But both outlets note that this election

    Reblogged:Right-Wing Media Wary of Florida Proposal

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    Ron DeSantis recently distanced himself from a proposal in Florida to make bloggers who discuss certain officials register with the state and make regular reports on what they are writing about. That distancing sounds far less plausible today, as even right-wing outlets are pushing back against another anti-free speech proposal:Good on them for seeing the danger. In issuing this warning, conservative media show at least the modicum of sense I wondered about DeSantis and his supporters lacking:T

    Seven Monuments of the State

    Dániel Boros
    By Dániel Boros,
    Same as the other topic only with different criteria: must have been funded exclusively by the government must be expensive must be a waste of money or at least unprofitable

    Reblogged:Ingrassia Channels His Inner Campus Snowflake

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    In a post I titled "Will MAGA Sink DeSantis?" back when Donald Trump first began raising cane about his hush money troubles, I opined:The whole issue of extradition was premature then, but it has already come up and we have about as close to an answer as our slick governor is going to give until and unless he actually has to deliver:It is interesting to see how much this is worth to the Trumpist base, who crashed a stop on DeSantis's book tour Saturday, where he doubled down on that announcement

    Reblogged:Beer, Linux, Laughs, and an Oxford Comma

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    A Friday Hodgepodge 1. Contemplating a return to my long-dormant hobby of home brewing, I have learned of five brewing innovations. The neatest-sounding one of the lot would be the first on the list, namely cryo hops: More interesting is the next, mash filtration. I doubt I'll use the technique myself, and I'm not worried about my own water use -- it's the use of interesting grains to make beer afforded by the technique that I like. 2. While we're doing lists, here's a list of (just) "8 Thi

    Reblogged:Feminism Devalues Trade

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    On the occasion of National Women's Day, Suzanne Lucas found herself having to explain to feminists that, in my words, its okay to pay someone to do work that you yourself disdain:Yes, and while the thought of wokescolds cleaning their own toilets as if it were some kind of sacrament makes me smile, I'd rather they read this and begin to appreciate how the market can liberate anyone willing to work from poverty. Leftists are constantly trying to purge words they don't like from everyone else's

    Proof of Aperiodic Tiling of Infinite Plane Has Been Accomplished

    Boydstun
    By Boydstun,
    Proof of Aperiodic MonoTile Has Been Accomplished

    Reblogged:This Beats Range Anxiety?

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    My neighbor across the street owns two Teslas, but ahead of a recent hurricane, I saw him piling his family into a much more practical internal combustion vehicle ahead of evacuating. Having evacuated from a major city in the past myself, I know that even refueling a conventional vehicle can be a dicey proposition, and that was part of why I chose to stay put for that one. But refueling is just one part of the problem the phrase range anxiety fails to capture, as evocative as it is. The ridic

    The Nietzschean Origins of Skyscrapers

    Reidy
    By Reidy,
    An article that makes for interesting reading in connection with The Fountainhead and Rand's theories about art. Sullivan was her model for Henry Cameron. The author's observation that highrise is on the decline in the US but going strong in China raises a question: has technology decentralized work so that such buildings are obsolete? If so, you'd expect freer markets to catch on sooner. On the other hand, maybe politics brought this on by making big cities more expensive, dilapidated and

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