Objectivists being passive?

[Old Toad]

In our country now drowning in calls for faith and socialism, glorifications of self-sacrifice and life-after-death, erosions of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, taxes for faith-based initiatives and socialist health care, and wars on poverty, drugs, and terror, what are we doing to promote reason and freedom in our lives?

What happened to: "Give me liberty or give me death?"

What can people who are interested in Ayn Rand's philosophy of reality and reason do to help integrate these ideas into our lives and help spread them?

Is it hopeless? Is there nothing to be done?

I don't think so.

Locally, I think we can help build the North Texas Objectivist Society. The premises of our community are based on reality, reason, and rational self-interest.

The purpose of socializing with each other is to integrate these ideas in our own lives and to promote these ideas to those who may be interested in exploring them with us. By spending time together, bit-by-bit we challenge each other to think and live better. We should do this for ourselves and our families. We should lead by example.

Our social events are occasionally derided as being mere "parties." It is true that many of the social interactions are not deep discussions on the meaning life. But socializations with people interested in rationality can help spread rationality at all levels of our lives. And spending time with good people is a good part of life, too.

Would you rather live in a world without Objectivist parties? Would you rather live in a world without the other things that NTOS is growing to offer, such as a philosophy discussion group and Objectivist speakers?

You can. All you have to do is something else with your time. Be passive. Let others who are not interested in reality and reason build the world around you.

The idea that NTOS exists "out there" may be pleasing to you. But I am sure you do not expect others to build the kind of society you want to live in.

I call upon you to consider your priorities for your social time and to participate in NTOS when you can.

Please check out the expanding list of social and other opportunities that the North Texas Objectivist Society is offering at our calendar: http://aynrand.meetup.com/71/calendar/list/