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CNBC: Does The Country Need A Dose Of Ayn Rand Now?

Posted by khalling 9 years, 3 months ago to Business
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this is an article. about midway down there is an informal poll. pretty surprising for CNBC to post this. anyway, check out the results!

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  • Posted by term2 9 years, 3 months ago in reply to this comment.
    If they consider stealing from me, that means I must have the very thing they need, or at least the money to buy it. By the same token, there are always things that a normal person could offer to do for me, so it would be a trade for food or money.
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  • Posted by CircuitGuy 9 years, 3 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Amazingly, my 6- and 4-y/o like Shark Tank. We saw it by chance in a hotel room.

    I gave another vote for in favor of a "dose of Rand". There's nothing in objectivism I know of that says we must be pessimists. We can see the 74% and say, "yes, the time is ripe!" rather than working out some explanation about how crappy things are.
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  • Posted by LetsShrug 9 years, 3 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Wouldn't it be more moral (or just plain moral) to offer a trade...a value for value exchange instead of stealing?
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  • Posted by LetsShrug 9 years, 3 months ago in reply to this comment.
    No. And it's not okay to steal from me if you get yourself in that situation either. Your lack of preparation is not my emergency...and visey versy.
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  • Posted by sumitch 9 years, 3 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Serious though. What about if your family is starving, it's freezing outside, you don't have any money and can't get a job. Is it OK to steal then?
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  • Posted by Non_mooching_artist 9 years, 3 months ago
    Wow! The results of the poll actually surprised me! So why don't they translate into real world results???
    Thanks for the great find, K! It was an interesting read, and I'm pleasantly surprised by the source.
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  • Posted by sumitch 9 years, 3 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Agree but I've always wondered why Ken Lay late of late Enron would steal the savings of 28,000 employees. He didn't need the money buy a long shot so all I've come up with is a power trip.
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  • Posted by gwynmarilyn 9 years, 3 months ago
    Sorry, I don't think they want to hear what she said. To many our looters who are in power and what some thing to claim is on their side. Clearly they want words to twisted to fit their believes.
    Not what she said.
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  • Posted by Bob44_ 9 years, 3 months ago
    Not only Ayn Rand, but John Galt and Ben Raines.
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  • Posted by khalling 9 years, 3 months ago in reply to this comment.
    here is the first time I heard about organizing something. we listened to this and then I read a letter to the editor in my town and then more and more people wrote letters to the editor about Stimulus and then people said they were gathering at a park at noon on April 15. over 700 people showed up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcvSjKCU...
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 3 months ago
    As long as the res ficta of a two party system of a republic is kept alive in the face of res facta and as long as a sufficient number can put gas in the pickup and attend the tailgate parties at the stadia the couch potato mentality will continue to drive the country out of existence. Recall in the book the state of things required for the Galtist counter revolution to work., Even now when it's not a don't worry about it that's five generations from now attitude but in your face retirees and those facing retirement with devalued retirement dollars one has a better chance of counting on a job at WalMart.
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  • Posted by Herb7734 9 years, 3 months ago
    Does the country need a dose of Ayn Rand? Does a person lost in the desert need a drink of water?
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  • Posted by wiggys2 9 years, 3 months ago
    the country is in need of what is long over due a massive dose of Ayn Rand.
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