“Capitalism cannot coexist with the morality of altruism.” That was a statement1 made by Ayn Rand in 1967 on “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson (at 22:12 minutes). Considering her well-documented admiration of unregulated capitalism and her disdain of altruism, she meant it as a commendation of capitalism. But when we look at the “ways […]
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(*A tirade inspired by Salt, Sugar, [‘n] Fat) Let us NOT count the ways we are addicted. It’s too depressing. Too déjà vu. Or so it seems for all the changes we don’t make in our lives when faced with massive evidence. Take for example, our addiction to ideas—such as competition, efficiency, capitalism, bottom-line, etc.
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—in the coffin of “Objectivism.” Some say, “Two out of three ain’t bad,” but empirical observation says, “When it’s a milking stool or a tripod, or a 3-legged philosophy, two out of three ain’t enough to sit (or to hang your hat) on.” Daniel Pink’s latest book, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us,
HSBC.1 “Too big to fail! Too big to jail!” Wasn’t that the paradigm of Assyria? Babylon? Persia? Greece? Rome? And most of the corrupt popes, priests, kings, and tyrants of yesteryear? And now our BIG corporations recycling the follies of hubris and privilege (with the assist of governmental authorities). And where are all the predecessors of
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Words of wisdom and warning from another time to “wring” (or fling) out the old and bring in the new: Jeremiah S. Black: How shall we avert the dire calamities with which we are threatened? The answer comes from the graves of our fathers: By the frequent election of new men [and women]. Other help
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(OR, One more déjà vu in the story of Ayn’s “Objectivism”) Did you know that by Ayn Rand’s own admission, her “Objectivist” philosophy was born in her mind at the age of 2½ and remained essentially unchanged for the rest of her life?1 (Oh! those terrible twos! as they say.) She claimed “Objectivism” was a
“In 1991, a survey conducted for the Library of Congress and the Book-of-the-Month Club asked club members what the most influential book in the respondent’s life was. Rand’s Atlas Shrugged was the second most popular choice, after the Bible.”1 This blog post is written for those who claim to believe in both. John Galt: The
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