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Maybe I exagerrated the influence of Islam, but it doesn't excuse the lack of discipline in the army. Having said that I have to say we need better and more volunteers to defend our nation, not such backstabbing scum like the one who shot his fellow officers.

The fact that he shouted Allahu Akbar is proof enough that he was motivated by Islam. I'm not convinced that Muslim is a race. By attacking Muslims, we are attacking Islam in the similar way that by attacking Christians for their evil actions, we are attacking Christianity. This incident makes me so angry for the brave soldiers in the American army to be attacked by Muslims within their own ranks. The depths to which we as a so-called capitalist have sunk is truly depressing.

Just proves Muslims are evil and Islam is a dangerous doctrine. All religions are evil, but Islam is the worst, almost as bad as, but worse than Christianity/socialism/fascism. If Ayn Rand were alive today, she would have been on the forefront of the American capitalist war against Muslims and Islam. This incident is sick and disgusting.

Of course, the Republicans are every bit as socialist as the Democrats! Any "reform" (which is government action in the economy) strikes at the heart of American freedom and economic freedom which is the cornerstone of our economy. They're like the Ellswoth Toohey's of today as against the evil Marxist Democratic party. Boy are we screwed or what!

Pride for your country's achievements in capitalism is good pride as it is based purely on a rationalist basis. Pride in capitalism is great! Capitalism. with its origins in Great Britain and the United States, is the greatest achievement of humankind for all ages past and future. This is something to be proud of. Pride in ego and rationality is also good, as is the pride of atheism over religious BS.

It was in college for me. I can still remember the day. Everything made sense and it felt so good to know I was special. I knew from that day capitalism is destined to spread its power over humanity by the power of mind over matter and violence. To this day I am grateful to have picked up this book, Atlas Shrugged, which I had heard about in a random internet conversation. From then I have consistently supported the Iraq war, the Afghanistan war and the coming Iran war and opposed all government interventions in the economy that have made America a socialist/fascist country. These wars are supremely important for the idea of American freedom and capitalism to survive. Today, in the midst of the socialist crisis in the USA, even uneducated rednecks agree with me (cf. tea parties)! Thank you, Miss Rand for this!

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bourcet, I don't know what they stand for. So I asked the question. David, have a look at this: Bloody Sunday (Irish: Domhnach na Fola)[1]—sometimes called the Bogside Massacre[2]—was an incident in Derry,[3] Northern Ireland, on 30 January 1972. Twenty-seven civil rights protesters were shot by members of the 1st Battalion of the British Parachute Regiment during a Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in the Bogside area of the city.[4] Thirteen people, seven of whom were teenagers, died immediately, while the death of another person 4½ months later has been attributed to the injuries he received on the day. Two protesters were injured when they were run down by army vehicles.[5] Many witnesses, including bystanders and journalists, testify that all those shot were unarmed. Five of those wounded were shot in the back.[6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Sunday_%281972%29

Are you not discounting the tiny factor of British imperialism that has been oppressing the Irish over these centuries?

What are the members' comments on Irish demands for independent North Ireland or union with the Republic of Ireland? I 'm not sure if supporting the northern Irish people here would be moral or not. Any suggestions?

These ridiculous idiotic force-worshiping mystical moronic socialists have written an inane criticism of objectivism here: http://theredphoenix.wordpress.com/2009/10...going-to-shrug/ One of the more disturbing trends I and many others have noted during this rise of radical right-wing extremism in the US is the popularization of the ideology of Ayn Rand. Surely some of the readers have noticed the people carrying signs at so-called “Tea Parties” baring phrases such as “ATLAS WILL SHRUG!” Like schizophrenia, libertarianism is a serious disorder. But if libertarianism can be likened to that guy at work who believes in conspiracy theories and is generally socially awkward (and thus a libertarian), then Randian libertarianism or objectivism is that guy you see by the bus stop screaming about how Frank Sinatra and the Spice Girls are using iPods to steal his thoughts. First off, there are a lot of great rants about the reality of Rand’s “Objectivism” (the name comes from the fact that it is the least objective ideology in history) from sites such as Gin and Tacos (ginandtacos.com), and recently Tim Wise (timwise.org) wrote a scathing indictment of Rand’s ideology as well as her insane personality. Ayn Rand, setting women's rights back several centuries by being a sociopathic, self-important waste of life. Oh, that and she put forth the theory that women want to be raped and abused. First of all, the very title Objectivism is absolute nonsense. The basic ideals of Objectivism are that the greatest moral good is selfishness, and the worst evil is altruism. Now when you want to create an ideology that is objective, much less called Objectivism, most sane people would suggest that you avoid throwing around words like “good” and “evil,” since these are generally recognized to be subjective terms. That is not to say that there aren’t things that are objectively positive or negative, but reasonable people understand that reality is not so black and white. Alas, we are not dealing with reasonable people when we speak of Randists, though they claim to be thoroughly logical. Socialism’s major beef with Randism is the elitist attitude, which of course is one of its main appeals, especially to petty-bourgeois white males who think that they are entitled to wealth taken from the hands of exploited workers. The problem with these elitist philosophies, which run the gamut from Randian Objectivism to Nazi eugenics, is that those who espouse such theories always, by some lucky coincidence, happen to be in the favored group. For example, if someone is preaching some racist eugenics philosophy about how this or that racial group is superior, they will always be a member of that group. To my knowledge there is no eugenic theory that draws the line at only race or even ethnicity, rather they extend down to the individual. Yet they people who support these theories never think that they might constitute the lower end of the great “Caucasoid” race; one of the masses. No, they are always sure that they are in that tiny minority of Nietschzian supermen- is that lucky or what? Ditto with Randism. Rand considered that to be “common” was the most terrible thing in the world—that it was to be nothing but a worthless parasite holding back the elite “producers.” Yes, you might have to read that again—the people who actually, physically produce goods and services and thereby wealth, are parasites, while the rich who do virtually nothing are the “producers.” The point is that just like with other elitist ideologies, Randists are sure that they must be in that producer category. So the pasty white petty-bourgeois business major holding the “ATLAS WILL SHRUG” sign at the Nuremburg Tea-Bag Rally is sure that he must be a producer, just like his heroes Steve Jobs, Bill Gates or Warren Buffet. What these Ron Paul fans cannot figure out is that they are just as replaceable as the night manager of a Taco Bell (the crew of which produces far more value). The concept of Rand’s book Atlas Shrugged, aside from providing a paperweight that doubles as a conversation piece (“Why yes Bill, this book DOES suck hard”), is that those wacky “producers” get sick of all the parasitical common people (known as workers in the real world), and retreat away to the mountains while civilization collapses without their guidance. Atlas was the god who literally held the world on his shoulders in mythology—in this case the “Atlases” of big business have decided to shrug off their burdens. The metaphor is obvious. As we all know, life would be chaos were it not for the great producers such as the board of Lockheed-Martin or George Soros. I am not sure if Ayn Rand actually believed that the heads Reactionary "Tea Party" protests have sprung up among free-market fans against the imperialist "socialism" of Barack Obama. of major industrial corporations personally produced their wares, or if she enjoyed smoking peyote while shooting heroin, but that’s basically the concept. Rich people leave us all to die in our own filth. So that means the frat boy Tea-Bagger with the Randian sign is basically threatening to…NOT WORK! Whatever shall we do? Well, brother Preston Ellis III Jr., of Phi Beta Kappa, I’ve got some sad news for you. Nobody cares if you “shrug” by not stepping up and becoming yet another empty suit-and-tie driving a beamer. Go ahead and “shrug” and you’ll be utilizing your specialized business skills by managing the deep fryer at Wendy’s. Your PR training will make you a shoe-in for the job of greeter at Wal-Mart, and your marketing degree would really help you sell those extended warranty plans at Best Buy. Leave, and another hundred SUV-driving suburban white males will take your place. And guess what—we don’t really need them either! The funny thing is, people who actually produce products have the unique ability to manage their own affairs collectively, whereas the opposite is untrue. Do you tremble at the sounds of socialism, O lovers of Rand? Well this will twist the knife just a little bit further into your guts—our theoretical founders, who unlike you with your fish-eyed heroine are not worshipped by us, all had either wives or at least long-term relationships. The future of YOUR love life lies either in prostitution or mail-order brides from extremely low-GDP countries, which of course, Randian philosophy sees no moral dilemma with, seeing as how exploitation of those born into poverty by those born into ownership and wealth is nothing more than “free” market capitalism and “consensual” and “free” enterprise and to interfere in that sort of exchange would be “totalitarian.” Now in summation, I realize that should a libertarian or a Randian ever see this, there will be a tsunami of martyr syndrome, mostly accusing me of straw man arguments or some other logical fallacy. Guess what—it’s intentional. Randism is not logical in the least bit. The best she produce in terms of philosophy was “existence exists.” Brilliant. There is no reason to debate your ideology because it is so worthless and bizarre that it makes anarchism look totally plausible. So, in conclusion, nobody cares if Atlas shrugs. In fact Atlas, instead of shrugging, why not go all the way and just bugger off?

I'm just asking questions here. Why do you "feel" that way?

Thats a relief. I'm sorry if I rubbed people the wrong way. But still I'm pissed at the racist idiot savages who say white privilege or white power exists. Like I said before, I can't stand Black racist scumbags who say all whites are racist. Exactly. He is the most evil socialist president.

Thats true. Though they saved western civilization from communist savages and mystics. Reagan along with Thatcher were the greatest defenders of capitalism from a governmental standpoint. Rand defended capitalism from a philosophical view. Thats not true, there's much to appreciate for capitalism from a lot of Western culture. Of course, excluding parts from mystics. thats a bogus stance to take. You're either for preserving the American way of life or against it. there are no gray areas! I'm amazed that anyone who has read Rand could say such things! BTW, what are people's here thoughts on Mises, Hayek, Friedman and other of the superb Western capitalist economists who worked so hard to defend and preserve capitalism against the socialist mystic savage hoards. I believe Rand was also the greatest economist and historian. I mean to say Rand anticipated much of what Mises, Hayek, Friedman wrote in her superb novels and awesome essays!

Sorry, but that was not my intent. Thanks for the welcome I'm just pissed at people who think criticizing Obama and black on black crime is equal to racism. Thats all.

I see. Then why do so many exist? I guess its just the evil of socialism doing that. Its not as if the workers can hope to anything better in the Soviet Union. I think the workers should be a little more grateful to what they have in this awesome country of freedom. Here, the unemployments is so low its negligible, thanks to the capitalists. No thanks to the evil government on that! People are poor and unemployed because they don't want to work and are lazy stupid and arrogant! Why can't some people (like Obama for ex) understand that!?? [/rant] Is anyone here a member of any union? Currently I'm a studen and unemployed, so not a member.

Why do workers have rights of association on the property of capitalists? Isn't it upto the boss to decide whether they do or not? Why do workers have to bow to capitalists? Doesn't it contradict the above quote? I'm just trying to learn many new things about Rand. Please help.

Why? Does my race make you uncomfortable? "Racism is the lowest form of collectivism"- Ayn Rand. I guess even though I'm much grateful to European civilization for giving humanity everything, I recognize African civilization has given many great athletes.

Though I don't believe God, God bless Reagan and Bush Sr and America! May all savages and mystics die of smallpox and/or the plague. May the flag of European civilization never cease to wave! God bless Western culture for giving us all we ever need! Whoever denies this is a savage!

Hello, My question is: what is the Objectivist perspective on unions and workers rights? Is breaking up unions and persecuting workers for unionizing a good thing? Would you join a union to get more benefits from your employers?

I love black people, but I hate Obama. Just thought I'd get that out and hope its acceptable to the folks here and I'm not treading on any toes here wrt black people. I'm colored BTW. Ayn Rand is the greatest author ever. She was the most important intellectual, apart from Friedman, Mises and Hayek of the 20th century.