[Is it Wrong to Work for a Public College?]

The schools already exist and you do pay for them. It would be like asking if it is moral to drive on the roads, Or to accept a social security check.

[Have you had to cut people out of your life?]

A disagreement on explicit politics or explicit philosophy does not imply (on its own) that one cannot be very friendly. On the other hand, even a close agreement on those things does not imply that one will like the other person. It is almost certain that there will be many non-Objectivists you will like, and that you will like them more than many advocate Objectivism.

I personally don't base my friendships on political or philosophic ideals, but this person had a history of it, and I thought he'd shed me from his life just as he did to another friend. Pretty crazy stuff, and hard to really explain on a forum.

[Have you had to cut people out of your life?]

You're compatible? If you are an Objectivist, you are advocating ideas that demand personal responsibility in every area of your life. The Socialist, if they are a true socialist, demands the exact opposite.

I'm curious. In what areas do you find compatibility?

Well, I was mostly using a figure of speech. Misleading for sure. Apologies.

Something I forgot to mention was that another one of our good friends, who happens to be an Objectivist, got into it 3 years ago on the same subject. They are no longer friends because of that night when they got into a huge argument. For a second I thought the same thing was happening where he would not associate with me because of my personal convictions. We get along great otherwise, but on economic systems we are opposites.

[Have you had to cut people out of your life?]

I have a friend who is a socialist and we really got into it several days ago. We're all good now, but for a second I thought it could go down that road where we just weren't compatible because of our philosophic ideas.