Be Thankful for Selfishness, Greed, and Passion
"We have so much to be thankful for in the United States, despite all the things that have gone wrong in the last few years: the economy, wars, and some really bad and nasty politics coupled with horrendous policy decisions. Within all of this, there has been a constant undercurrent of anti-capitalism. The anti-business and anti-independent thought movement has spread so wide and so loud that Marx himself would be proud."
This is closet altruism of the worst kind. Selfishness deserves better.
(Note also that the writer is a leader of his local Libertarian Party. Even though they admit to being "influenced" by Ayn Rand, Libertarians are not Objectivists. Myself, I do not like cranberry sauce, but I would not pass up Thanksgiving Dinner just because it is on the table.)
To fully argue against socialism you must fully commit yourself to the idea that the individual should be free. Both free from oppression and free to choose what's best for their life. Accept anarchy for the individual, and fight for anarchy fit the society. All other forms of politics attempt to differentiate society from the individual. And they all fail.
Thank you, Mr. D., for this amaing post, and for this amazing site which generates hope and happiness to many of us! May you have a happy, blessed, and prosperous Thanksgiving! Sus
I am thankful for your contributions like this, your steady hand, guiding presence and this site you oversee which allows us a respite from the drone of collectivism.
Happy Thanksgiving!
O.A.
NMA
I thought objectivists insisted on *honest* business practices?
I'm still trying to decide just how bad a thing the iPod was, and I'm still looking to see who Jobs stole the idea from (like everything else...)
How about, there would be no iToys without the other Steve, Steve Wozniak, the real creative genius behind the early Apple?
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone from Argentina!
a very Happy Day to everyone from America!
(Go easy on, Hiraghm. He missed his cue. He was suppose to enter stage right weeks from now as Scrooge.)