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"Miss Taggart, do you know the hallmark of the second rater? It is resentment of another man's achievement. Those touchy mediocrites who sit trembling lest someone's work prove greater than their own."
I reject "Objectivism" because its only value is that it restates common sense (and on an aesthetically ugly level) and in practice it's barbaric - cruel and unChristian.
God helps those who help themselves. But it seems He does little to protect them from theft by those who think they act on His behalf.
I reject "Objectivism" because its only value is that it restates common sense (and on an aesthetically ugly level) and in practice it's barbaric - cruel and unChristian.
Ah...the religious card.
I guess we just can't play in the same game ....specially since I can't envision common sense as ever being ugly....aestheically or otherwise.
I have to admit many people must reject it though,since so many appear not to have any.
Objectivism is more than a philosophy, it is a statement of fact about every life form on this planet.
Altruism does not exist in any form on this planet.
Christianity is legal in all 50 States, just as is Miniature Golf.
So, you see, you can eat your vegetables, and have your cookies too.
Yes, as I said, it only restates common sense. Capitalism is the lowest common denominator among economic systems, that's why it will never be improved upon try though people might. Of course altruism exists, what are you talking about?
No idea what you're saying about Christianity, MG or cookies.
Ah...the religious card.
I guess we just can't play in the same game ....specially since I can't envision common sense as ever being ugly....aestheically or otherwise.
I have to admit many people must reject it though,since so many appear not to have any.
"Miss Taggart, do you know the hallmark of the second rater? It is resentment of another man's achievement. Those touchy mediocrites who sit trembling lest someone's work prove greater than their own."
An ironic example, since (1) Rand herself obsessively measured everything's "greatness" as if she were an 1880s theater critic and (2) it's as shallow, and as pompously presented, as the rest of her silly stuff.
Christian: "to tax Peter who has lots, to pay Paul who has little"
Christ would never have approved. That's why those self-employed fishermen and self-employed Mary followed him.
Taxation is theft by use of force. - and like GW said - “Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.
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