CastleBravo Posted August 15, 2009 Report Share Posted August 15, 2009 Greetings. To make a long story short, i have called myself just about every "ist" in the dictionary - Hedonist, Satanist, Baptist, Communist, Taoist, Existentialist etc. - but have finally run into an "ism" that makes sense and is entirely applicable to every aspect of my life. Objectivism. I was raised baptist but rejected the church after my grandma died and stopped really caring about "Morals" and whatnot. Then i got to Highschool where it was cool to be a communist, so i bought a red flag, a Che shirt and read Marx. It pissed my parents off and made Vietnam Veterans shake their heads. I liked that. I stopped caring about anything again not too long after because, well... communism offers nothing to the individual. Then, right out of Highschool, i started looking for the moral code I was lacking. It started with Existentialism and led to Satanism (a true joke), Taoism, Hedonism (another Joke) and Finally Libertarianism. The 08' Election is mainly what led me to Libertarianism. Libertarianism led me to read the Federalist Papers and all the other required founding literature, but I was still missing a way to live... Politics are only a piece of the puzzle. So I read Atlas Shrugged on a suggestion from a friend. I was one of those people who was "changed" by it. Honestly it was unlike anything I had ever read. I looked into Objectivism and outright rejected it at first but only because i didnt understand it. I wanted to get it, so i picked up "The Virtue of Selfishness" and i dont plan on looking back. Im now starting "For the New Intellectual". I should hope I'm not flamed for being an ex-Libertarian That's my story! Im here to learn and apply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softwareNerd Posted August 15, 2009 Report Share Posted August 15, 2009 Welcome to OO.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SapereAude Posted August 15, 2009 Report Share Posted August 15, 2009 Hi Castle. I'm looking forward to an interesting tale of how you chose to dispose of the Che shirt when you came to your senses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastleBravo Posted August 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2009 Hi Castle. I'm looking forward to an interesting tale of how you chose to dispose of the Che shirt when you came to your senses. I actually still have it. Its somewhere deep in my closet (along with my Soviet Hockey Jersey). I don't even think I could justify painting or mowing in it. It kind of makes me ill. Im sure that if I ever come across it I will think of some creative means to discard it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SapereAude Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 I actually still have it. Its somewhere deep in my closet (along with my Soviet Hockey Jersey). I don't even think I could justify painting or mowing in it. It kind of makes me ill. Im sure that if I ever come across it I will think of some creative means to discard it An old room mate came home to discover it had been used as a rag to clean the cat-box. Normally I find distruction of OPP abhorrent. For something with Che's face on it I made an exception. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve D'Ippolito Posted August 17, 2009 Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 I should hope I'm not flamed for being an ex-Libertarian The'd have to flame me first. I was a three time candidate and was once county chair in my (rather populous) county. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastleBravo Posted August 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 The'd have to flame me first. I was a three time candidate and was once county chair in my (rather populous) county. And I was a secretary to my county party. I joined for one of the very reasons Rand disliked them; to "do something". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khaight Posted August 18, 2009 Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 I joined for one of the very reasons Rand disliked them; to "do something". The question isn't so much why one joined the Libertarians as why (or whether) one left them again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastleBravo Posted August 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 The question isn't so much why one joined the Libertarians as why (or whether) one left them again. Technically i am still a member, but i will not be renewing. I am leaving them because most are populists who are simply fed up with D's and R's and are more focused on the decriminalization of their choice drugs than individual rights. I also need a moral code, not a political party. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Posted August 18, 2009 Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 Technically i am still a member, but i will not be renewing. Are you required to register with a political party in your state? We have no such requirement in Tennessee. I am leaving them because most are populists who are simply fed up with D's and R's and are more focused on the decriminalization of their choice drugs than individual rights. That is my obsevation as well. Lot's of dirty-footed hippie types in the LP. I also need a moral code, not a political party. Then you are on the right track. Welcome to OO.net. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastleBravo Posted August 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 Are you required to register with a political party in your state? We have no such requirement in Tennessee. I am not Required to register. I did it of my own volition. Ive definitely learned that neither the body politic nor the superstitious advice of ill-willed boogeymen can guide your actions. I cant yet call myself an Objectivist because i still have a lot to learn but i can say that after reading the Virtue of Selfishness it is something i will strive for. It really "clicks" with me. I know a lot of people read (well, most do not and disregard Objectivism outright as a 'cult' of greedy capitalists) and find it a little too abrasive or complex and throw it down, but im willing to see what it has to offer. It just makes sense (and should, being that its basis is logic and reason). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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