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  1. The belief that drugs are solutions to moral problems naturally flows from the belief that drugs are the solution for physical problems. They quite clearly help physical conditions when they aren't just compensations for symptoms, but are poor compensators for moral failure. There many psychological issues which are a consequence of moral failure, which the popular narcoculture promotes treatment with drugs. I know. It's put to that use by the narcoculture. Which is why drugs are the only "solution". I totally agree, because no doctor can fix moral failings... however they can and do dope symptoms. But that only stretches the rubber bands, many of which eventually snap. I agree.. That's why immoral behavior should not be treated with drugs. Yes, that is the accepted approach of the narcoculture: For every problem there is a drug. It's only a matter of finding just the right one administered in just the right dosage... the quest for the Holy Grail. I understand you truly don't see the excuse embedded in your statement, so we can just let it go as a difference in our individual points of view.
  2. That is the current prevailing societal view: There is a chemical solution for immorality.
  3. The only one I see is rotten moral values... but it's likely you are referring to something else. So I'm curious... could you offer a name for your elephant?
  4. Perhaps because the dead are unable to reciprocate.
  5. ...and that subjective moral interpretation may or may not agree with objective moral reality.
  6. ...and that faith in chemical treatments naturally becomes transferred to chemical treatments for moral conditions.
  7. I don't just think that... I know that. America has become a narcoculture steeped in drugs. Got a problem? Take a drug. Got a problem kid? Drug him. It's a secular religion.
  8. Yes... and the former becomes the outgrowth of faith in the latter. Keep stretching rubber bands and sooner or later some are going to snap.
  9. And that's possible... for there are always virtuous people to trade with... and to find them, simply become one.
  10. It's good not to waste your profits. Just ask any successful businessman.
  11. To your list, I'd also add that mass murderers are a end product of a narcoculture. Where a nation of drug worshippers believe the lie that every conceivable personal physical, mental, and emotional moral problem known to man can be solved by ingesting just the right narcotic.
  12. I agree. It's good to be decent responsible productive solvent and frugal, which is the essence of American Capitalism. So what is there left to fight that is not already within us? Conquer sloth, and the world graciously acquiesces.
  13. So there is no objective moral standard?
  14. Neville Chamberlain could likely have said that to Adolph Hitler.
  15. What going Galt means to me is independence. In real world terms, I interpret that independence as being as free as possible from being entangled in the third party payer system which can be found in the sectors of govenment, credit, law, education, debt, healthcare, insurance, and unions. Inherent in how I personally interpret going Galt is giving up the need for feelings of safety and security those sectors seem to offer... which boils down to giving up the expectation that other people will pay my bills. I also adopted some of the physical features of How Galt lived in Atlas Shrugged by living on the edge of a rural area that borders open uninhabited land.
  16. It's ironic that the prevailing mantra of the perpetually offended victim collective is "might makes wrong".
  17. What does "going Galt" mean to you? And in what ways have you expressed this idea in your life.
  18. It's ironic that the popular mantra of the perpetually emotionally offended victim collective is "might makes wrong".
  19. Just to be clear, I mentioned a trade but not school. Because I hated school I chose the learning alternative of working as an apprentice. In the Army this was known as OJT... on the job training. It is by far the most efficient way to learn, because right from the beginning you are actually working and making money in the real world instead of paying money just to go through the motions in a classroom. That's a good idea. You could take note of what you hate most about various jobs, and see what's left over when you're done. In a way, that's what I did. I began by ruling out anything remotely related to school as being a total waste of time and money, and then chose from the alternatives. It made no sense to me to start out by going into student loan debt when I could start out making money. True, it isn't much in the beginning, but making even a small profit while you learn is far better than being in debt while you learn.
  20. If that's true... then it doesn't really matter what you choose to do. Everyone has a calling, a purpose, something specific they do well that benefits the society in which they live. You haven't discovered what it is yet... but you will.
  21. There is only one reason I know of for avoiding a decision. None of the perceived choices are what you truly want to do, because what you want to do has not yet been considered as an option. When it is, there is no decision to make. You simply go and do it.
  22. What do you like to do? Choose that as a field. Don't do anything you don't like to do. I hated school. It was degrading to sit like an inert lump forced to listen to some gasbag government subsidized public union failure. So instead of college, I chose the "outside the box" alternative of a trade that I like to do, and I work in my own business. It is a choice I have never regretted. Becoming an independent American Capitalist producer is one of the most personally satisfying career choices any man could make.
  23. I was referring to the moral differences between human societies. I agree. "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom." --Benjamin Franklin I know. They're the end products of government subsidized medrasas called "Universities".
  24. That's the first thing that came to my mind, too. Wait. Don't choose. There are always other unseen outside the box options that will present themselves if offered the opportunity.
  25. It's just on our terms. Apparently we're supplying the right stimuli... like whenever I see a happy dog riding in a car with its head stuck out the window.
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