Comments on: INSTITUTIONALIZING SOCIOPATHY

By: Keynesian Cross

Keynesian Cross — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:45:37 +0000

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By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:02:45 +0000

I know nothing about anne rand, nor have I read her books. Before I read this I did not have much of an opinion of her what so ever. However, I would be inclined to disagree with you, inclined being the operative word. Heres why. If I'm ever to read something and by the time I'm finished I realize that character assassination, over the top metaphors, inferences, generalizations, and assumptions as well as flat out crude and demeaning language was used I cannot except its validity. You could be 100% right, but I don't trust anyone who makes a point the way you just did. Sorry, Its just not very professional or trustworthy.

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By: KDE

KDE — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:22:19 +0000

I'm inclined to believe Rand was part of something much bigger.

She was part of priming a middle-elite to an elevated level of self-importance, justifying the scuttling of such important institutions as public education, and ultimately laying the groundwork for a destructive culture of personal gain at the cost of everything else.

Not surprisingly, most Objectivists I've met support America's costly wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Once you've got a nation's character bankrupt, you may as well bankrupt them financially too.

This is just the sort of destructive ideology certain groups which shall not be named adore, because it makes nations defenseless to them.

A lot of you are in for a nasty surprise when you find out who your masters have been all along.

By: Francisco

Francisco — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:43:38 +0000

It's funny. When I was 16 yr old, socially retarded, I liked Ayn Rand's philosophy too. But then you start developing your own ego, individualizing in a healthy way. Then you take major philosophy courses and you find out that NO ONE CARES for Objectivism because its epistemology and metaphysics are faulty.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 09:00:16 +0000

'Yes hard WORK does amount to something but do not overlook the hand of fate that can deliver the broken leg or serious injury or the wrong place wrong time employment lay off's that may occur.'

Apologies everyone, the word work was suppose to be in that last post.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:08:20 +0000

I read 'Anthem'. What struck me was the ending where she had her protagonist and his companion climbing a mountain. The protagonist realises that he has made it on his own. His success was through his own accomplishments and effort.
I was working for Emergency Services at the time of reading the book and imagined a different ending where he fell down broke a leg or was seriously injured and had to be rescued by Emergency Services. Thus dismissing completely his view that his accomplishments & survival was purely down to his own efforts.
I am employed but my friend is not. He had been desperately looking for work now for about 4 months. He has been sending off application after application, ringing around companies and visiting warehouses looking for work. It has been a hard time for him. Fortunately he gets unemployment benefits (I am in Australia) so he is not living in the street.
We were talking about what it is like to be unemployed and how many of the unemployed are abused for their situation. What he said will stay with me. 'Many workers do not realise that they are one step away from unemployment'.
We are all one step away from ill fortune.
Just because a person is successful does not mean that they should dismiss others who are unsuccessful. Yes hard does amount to something but do not overlook the hand of fate that can deliver the broken leg or serious injury or the wrong place wrong time employment lay off's that may occur.

By: ThisIsMoronCity

ThisIsMoronCity — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 03:14:35 +0000

bored*

By: ThisIsMoronCity

ThisIsMoronCity — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 03:13:58 +0000

I stumbled upon this interesting exchange while sitting here board to death in my beautiful apartment downtown Chicago.

It is no coincidence that with great accuracy I could categorize the likes of this article's author and those who follow him into poor, ugly stoners who are probably swimming in an ocean of debt brought on by some shitty liberal arts degree from a no name private college.

You are a moron if you think Ayn Rand's message was so cut-and-dry that she was advocating 100% selfishness in all aspects of life. Take it from a successful young man who worked his ass off to escape a poor family to attain a life of luxury, there are winners and losers in this world, and their philosophical beliefs are reflected as such.