Mudo Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 Well, here I am. I got fed up with being the only Oist I know, and I decided it might enhance my life to be able to talk with some people who I can agree with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian0918 Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 Welcome from another Ohioan! Depending on where you live, you may be able to check out our occasional meetup groups through the Ohio Objectivist Society, though the group has been pretty quiet lately. You can find us mostly on Facebook and Meetup. I think the most recent meetups have been in Northfield, OH, covering Hazlitt's Economics in One Lesson. How did you first get interested in Rand, and which branches of philosophy do you like to discuss? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softwareNerd Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 Welcome to OO.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudo Posted December 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 (edited) How did you first get interested in Rand, and which branches of philosophy do you like to discuss?" Honestly, I couldn't tell you what branches I'm interested in. I haven't yet had the chance to discuss philosophy with other Objectevists, so for the moment, I'm open to anything. My discovery of Objectevism is a long, (and probably boring) story, but I'll summarize. Started out believing all the altruist axioms, though socialism was a the next big step, yadda yadda and so on. Anyway, in the least intellectual way possible, I discovered Oism when a friend of mine recommended the videogame Bioshock. For the less gaming oriented, this is a game that features many references to Ayn Rand and Objectevism as a whole, though not in a way I think Rand would have appreciated. I was intruiged with the ideas however, and did some research on the subject. I discovered The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and after reading them, there was no going back for me. I won't tell you I changed my entire philosophy just after reading one of Rand's novels, but after just one, I began to reevaluate all of the false premises I was holding. After about a year of slow progress, I decided I was an Objectevist. And now I'm here. P.S. softwareNerd, what does the 53% symbolize? I've been lurking this forum's old topics for about a week now, scoping things out, and I've enjoyed quite a few of your posts. However I wasn't able to figure out what that number was for. Edited December 11, 2011 by Mudo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aequalsa Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 Wait, wait, let me guess...Is it the percent of people in the US who pay all the taxes so that the other 47% can be professional consumers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian0918 Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 Yes, it's the percent of people who pay federal income taxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softwareNerd Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 P.S. softwareNerd, what does the 53% symbolize? I've been lurking this forum's old topics for about a week now, scoping things out, and I've enjoyed quite a few of your posts. What Brian said; and, thanks for saying so. Funnily enough, I'd actually forgotten I was still using that image (even though I "see" it daily). Time for a change: it's already old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudo Posted December 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 Ah, I feel more informed now. I had heard about the 53% movement before, but didn't register the connection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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