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Nach Ayn Rand, der Kultphilosophin von Elon Musk & Co., "...sind alle staatlichen Eingriffe unmoralisch, denn sie behindern nicht nur die freie Entfaltung der Menschen, sondern sie verschlechtern auch die Versorgung der Bevölkerung mit Ressourcen, Gütern und Dienstleistungen (einschließlich Bildung und medizinischer Versorgung), deshalb sei strikter Laissez-faire-Kapitalismus das einzig legitime Wirtschaftssystem."
Quelle: Wikipedia
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand
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#AynRand 's insanely influential Atlas Shrugged (1957). The novel is adored by Silicon Valley tech giants.
In a fictional America where the left holds sway, major business leaders—the only sources of true wealth—are on strike.
I could imagine #CoryDoctorow writing a version where big business leaders go on strike and things carry on as usual.
You don't have to read the 1000+ pages of the Atlas Shrugged :
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-great-political-fictions-atlas-shrugged/id1682047968?i=1000658864397 -
#AynRand 's insanely influential Atlas Shrugged (1957). The novel is adored by Silicon Valley tech giants.
In a fictional America where the left holds sway, major business leaders—the only sources of true wealth—are on strike.
I could imagine #CoryDoctorow writing a version where big business leaders go on strike and things carry on as usual.
You don't have to read the 1000+ pages of the Atlas Shrugged :
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-great-political-fictions-atlas-shrugged/id1682047968?i=1000658864397 -
The pitch is simple: Read Atlas Shrugged. Win $100,000.
The Intellectual Olympics for Independent Thinkers
The future belongs to those willing to examine the world independently and argue persuasively for the ideas they believe are true. The Atlas Prize was created to recognize and reward the kind of thinking that drives progress: rigorous reasoning, philosophical curiosity, and intellectual ambition.
Why Atlas Shrugged?
Few novels have sparked as much debate or influenced as many readers as #Ayn Rand 's Atlas Shrugged.
The novel challenges readers to confront fundamental questions about reason, morality, ambition, and the role of business in human flourishing.
The Atlas Prize invites young thinkers to grapple seriously with these ideas—to analyze them, question them, defend them, or challenge them using their own independent judgment. Agreement with Rand's ideas is not required; deeply and originally engaging with them is.
Get your FREE copy of Atlas Shrugged here.
Note: The Atlas Prize is looking for shockingly original thinkers. Essays simply copied from AI will not make it past the first round of the competition.
The competition is open only to individuals aged 16 to 22 as of the start of the entry period.
#AtlasPrize #AynRand Objectivism #fiction #bookstodon #philosophy
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The pitch is simple: Read Atlas Shrugged. Win $100,000.
The Intellectual Olympics for Independent Thinkers
The future belongs to those willing to examine the world independently and argue persuasively for the ideas they believe are true. The Atlas Prize was created to recognize and reward the kind of thinking that drives progress: rigorous reasoning, philosophical curiosity, and intellectual ambition.
Why Atlas Shrugged?
Few novels have sparked as much debate or influenced as many readers as #Ayn Rand 's Atlas Shrugged.
The novel challenges readers to confront fundamental questions about reason, morality, ambition, and the role of business in human flourishing.
The Atlas Prize invites young thinkers to grapple seriously with these ideas—to analyze them, question them, defend them, or challenge them using their own independent judgment. Agreement with Rand's ideas is not required; deeply and originally engaging with them is.
Get your FREE copy of Atlas Shrugged here.
Note: The Atlas Prize is looking for shockingly original thinkers. Essays simply copied from AI will not make it past the first round of the competition.
The competition is open only to individuals aged 16 to 22 as of the start of the entry period.
#AtlasPrize #AynRand Objectivism #fiction #bookstodon #philosophy
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@jemmesedi After writing tedious fiction about living only for the benefit of one’s self, and that acolytes considered ‘#philosophy ‘, #AynRand ended her life living on #SocialSecurity payments from the #UnitedStates government. 🤷🏻♂️ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand
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@jemmesedi After writing tedious fiction about living only for the benefit of one’s self, and that acolytes considered ‘#philosophy ‘, #AynRand ended her life living on #SocialSecurity payments from the #UnitedStates government. 🤷🏻♂️ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand
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Envían preguntas por WhatsApp al +34 605 02 34 73 o por correo electrónico a [email protected]. Antonio García-Trevijano responde.
#JoseLuisRodríguezZapatero #grecoromanocristiano #civilización #pacifismo #individualismo #independenciadeGuinea #ostracismo #EmmanuelMacron #Islam #libredeterminación #Confucianismo #moralidad #libertadesindividuales #desigualdadsocial #AynRand #i...
https://www.diarioerc.com/2017/06/25/piensa-y-veras-respuestas-a-las-preguntas-de-los-oyentes-17/?fsp_sid=365 -
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Tooting this publicly, since the thread was unlisted:
Re: #Wikipedia and #JimmyWales,
Jimmy Wales is an #Objectivist (follower of the philosophy of #AynRand), and doesn't believe in #altruism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wales#Personal_philosophy
He has rejected the notion that his role in promoting Wikipedia is altruistic, which he defines as "sacrificing your own values for others", and he states that the idea that "participating in a benevolent effort to share information is somehow destroying your own values makes no sense to me".
That alone doesn't make him a bad person, but union-busting Wikipedia certainly does, and is in character for Randian folk. :P~
I'm not very familiar with Objectivism, but I imagine that it positions itself as a positive individualist philosophy. That somehow by pursuing our own good, we pursue the good of others, too, or something.
Yeah, right. 🤨
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Tooting this publicly, since the thread was unlisted:
Re: #Wikipedia and #JimmyWales,
Jimmy Wales is an #Objectivist (follower of the philosophy of #AynRand), and doesn't believe in #altruism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wales#Personal_philosophy
He has rejected the notion that his role in promoting Wikipedia is altruistic, which he defines as "sacrificing your own values for others", and he states that the idea that "participating in a benevolent effort to share information is somehow destroying your own values makes no sense to me".
That alone doesn't make him a bad person, but union-busting Wikipedia certainly does, and is in character for Randian folk. :P~
I'm not very familiar with Objectivism, but I imagine that it positions itself as a positive individualist philosophy. That somehow by pursuing our own good, we pursue the good of others, too, or something.
Yeah, right. 🤨
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Happiness grows from honest action. Choose what lifts your life.
#Quotes #PositiveLiving #QuoteOfTheDay #AynRand
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Happiness grows from honest action. Choose what lifts your life.
#Quotes #PositiveLiving #QuoteOfTheDay #AynRand
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Your mindset shapes your life. Choose empowerment and courage.
#Quotes #Empowerment #FearlessLiving #PositiveMindset #AynRand
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Your mindset shapes your life. Choose empowerment and courage.
#Quotes #Empowerment #FearlessLiving #PositiveMindset #AynRand
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Pues he visto la película "El Manantial" (King Vidor, 1949) y no paraba de imaginarme a Ayn Rand durante el rodaje asintiendo con la cabeza a cada frase panfletaria que soltaban los personajes.Como el Jack Nicholson de abajo.
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I think my goal is to specifically see what I can do to integrate both a collectivist and individualist sensibility in my philosophical view. I think to really have a complete philosophy, both of these things have to be considered: individuals cannot properly understand the consequences of actions taken at the personal level without understanding how those actions fit into and will be responded to by larger societal frameworks. At the same time, we cannot achieve collective benefit without considering how collective actions affect individuals.
I do not yet fully know what philosophical and political frameworks would best help me construct this philosophy, excepting that I think communist theory will undoubtedly be a big part of it, and it will most certainly be very different than Objectivism, excepting the respect for personal bodily autonomy.
Rand was not a feminist, in fact she decried feminism, but she was pro-bodily automomy and supported the right to abortion and in general the right of women to work the same types of jobs as men. I think the thing that Ayn Rand and other right libertarians crucially misunderstand is that a larger social dynamic like misogyny will prevent women from having individual bodily autonomy. They don't understand it because they imagine the world as it is as a meritocracy where only the best rise to the top, and so they imagine the preponderence of men in high social positions is due to the inherent superiority of those men rather than misogynistic favoring of men regardless of ability. They don't understand that women will simply not be allowed bodily automomy in a deeply misogynistic society, that individual bodily autonomy in general will never be allowed most individuals in a capitalist society. -
I think my goal is to specifically see what I can do to integrate both a collectivist and individualist sensibility in my philosophical view. I think to really have a complete philosophy, both of these things have to be considered: individuals cannot properly understand the consequences of actions taken at the personal level without understanding how those actions fit into and will be responded to by larger societal frameworks. At the same time, we cannot achieve collective benefit without considering how collective actions affect individuals.
I do not yet fully know what philosophical and political frameworks would best help me construct this philosophy, excepting that I think communist theory will undoubtedly be a big part of it, and it will most certainly be very different than Objectivism, excepting the respect for personal bodily autonomy.
Rand was not a feminist, in fact she decried feminism, but she was pro-bodily automomy and supported the right to abortion and in general the right of women to work the same types of jobs as men. I think the thing that Ayn Rand and other right libertarians crucially misunderstand is that a larger social dynamic like misogyny will prevent women from having individual bodily autonomy. They don't understand it because they imagine the world as it is as a meritocracy where only the best rise to the top, and so they imagine the preponderence of men in high social positions is due to the inherent superiority of those men rather than misogynistic favoring of men regardless of ability. They don't understand that women will simply not be allowed bodily automomy in a deeply misogynistic society, that individual bodily autonomy in general will never be allowed most individuals in a capitalist society. -
I've read about Ayn Rand, and I've read short extracts from "Atlas Shrugged", supposedly her magnum opus.
Those extracts did not inspire me to plough through the whole of "Atlas Shrugged", but I thought to be fair I ought to read a complete work of hers, so I picked up a copy of her 1938 novella "Anthem".
In a repressive, techophobic, collectivist dystopia, a young man rebels, rediscovers electricity, and then escapes from captivity to be joined by his female lover. He hopes to rebuild a society based on individualism -- "Anthem" concludes with the protagonist determined to carve into the stone portal of his fort the "sacred word EGO".
Rand's writing is lifeless, with both characters and setting being little more than vehicles for the author's ponderous didacticism. The slight romance narrative smacks of sub-Hollywood teenage fantasy, with the protagonist renaming his lover "The Golden One", followed by her dubbing him 'The Unconquered".
The concluding pages are supposed to be a poetic invocation of egoism. Instead, they come across as Rand attempting to club the reader into submission.
I am pained to learn that this book is frequently assigned in US high schools, as it is devoid of literary merit and of no great significance in literary or cultural history. If teachers or school districts want to assign a mid 20C "antitotalitarian" work, why not press copies of "1984" into students' hands?
Nevertheless my afternoon was not entirely wasted, as I can now get through the rest of my life without having to read another word of this tiresome crank, yet have a clear conscience when I describe her as possessing not a shred of literary talent, because my judgment is based on a first hand acquaintance with her writing.
#Books #Literature #USLiterature #AmericanLiterature #AynRand #Anthem #RightWing
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I've read about Ayn Rand, and I've read short extracts from "Atlas Shrugged", supposedly her magnum opus.
Those extracts did not inspire me to plough through the whole of "Atlas Shrugged", but I thought to be fair I ought to read a complete work of hers, so I picked up a copy of her 1938 novella "Anthem".
In a repressive, techophobic, collectivist dystopia, a young man rebels, rediscovers electricity, and then escapes from captivity to be joined by his female lover. He hopes to rebuild a society based on individualism -- "Anthem" concludes with the protagonist determined to carve into the stone portal of his fort the "sacred word EGO".
Rand's writing is lifeless, with both characters and setting being little more than vehicles for the author's ponderous didacticism. The slight romance narrative smacks of sub-Hollywood teenage fantasy, with the protagonist renaming his lover "The Golden One", followed by her dubbing him 'The Unconquered".
The concluding pages are supposed to be a poetic invocation of egoism. Instead, they come across as Rand attempting to club the reader into submission.
I am pained to learn that this book is frequently assigned in US high schools, as it is devoid of literary merit and of no great significance in literary or cultural history. If teachers or school districts want to assign a mid 20C "antitotalitarian" work, why not press copies of "1984" into students' hands?
Nevertheless my afternoon was not entirely wasted, as I can now get through the rest of my life without having to read another word of this tiresome crank, yet have a clear conscience when I describe her as possessing not a shred of literary talent, because my judgment is based on a first hand acquaintance with her writing.
#Books #Literature #USLiterature #AmericanLiterature #AynRand #Anthem #RightWing
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Ayn Rand said money is a tool—it opens doors. But it can't replace your drive, your vision, or your purpose. Those guide your life. 💰💪
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the FASCISM MADE IN USA / Silicon Valley
Im Zentrum der Reportage stehen drei einflussreiche Denker: #AynRand, #RenéGirard und #CurtisYarvin. Die russisch-amerikanische Schriftstellerin Ayn Rand lieferte mit ihrem radikalen Individualismus das moralische Fundament einer Tech-Kultur, die den Unternehmer zum Helden erhebt und den Staat als Feind betrachtet. Der Philosoph René Girard prägte mit seiner Theorie der "mimetischen Begierde" ein Menschenbild, das Konkurrenz, Manipulation und Kontrolle als unvermeidlich erscheinen lässt. Der Blogger Curtis Yarvin schließlich formuliert die politische Konsequenz dieser Denkweisen: die offene Abkehr von Demokratie zugunsten einer autoritären, technokratischen Ordnung.
Die "Kulturzeit"-Reportage zeigt, wie diese Ideen bis heute das Denken von Tech-Eliten prägen – und warum sich Big Tech und Donald Trump ideologisch näherstehen, als es auf den ersten Blick scheint und das autoritäre Denken im Silicon Valley eine lange Tradition hat.
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Listening to Curtis Yarvin is like reading Ayn Rand, omg so bad.
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Listening to Curtis Yarvin is like reading Ayn Rand, omg so bad.
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I figured something out this month that I’ve missed for 34 years.
I’ve been measuring whether I’m “enough” as a person—whether the chooser is adequate—rather than evaluating my choices. That’s a category error. There is no yardstick for myself qua myself. Only for things I do.
The Trap
From #AynRand’s Atlas Shrugged, Galt’s speech:
Man has no choice about his need of #SelfEsteem, his only choice is the standard by which to gauge it. And he makes his fatal error when he switches this gauge protecting his life into the service of his own destruction, when he chooses a standard contradicting existence and sets his self-esteem against reality.
I’ve been measuring myself instead of my choices. Asking “Am I rational enough?” instead of “Am I exercising rationality in this choice?” Treating the volitional entity—the chooser—as if it were subject to pass/fail evaluation.
But you can’t be “wrong in person.” You can only make wrong choices. The chooser is the precondition for those concepts to mean anything.
The Invariant
The concept comes from topology: an invariant remains unchanged when a structure is transformed. @gregeganSF’s Diaspora explores this for consciousness—what persists across memory edits, substrate changes, simulated deaths.
The invariant isn’t the contents of consciousness. It’s the structure of being the thing that experiences. The observer. The integrator. The chooser.
Applied to #identity: I am an existent with volitional consciousness. That’s my identity, metaphysically. Not “I have consciousness” (dualism), but “I am” this integrated entity.
The invariant is the volitional structure itself. Everything else—memories, achievements, mistakes, consequences—is what that structure produces.
What I Wrote Before I Understood It
From my story “La Petite Mort”:
She wanted to keep being Thalindra. Wanted to keep having thoughts, even painful ones. Wanted to keep waking up every morning, tired and aching and alone, because waking up meant she was still there to do the waking. Wanted existence as what she was—this particular configuration that was specifically hers.
The preference was immediate. Simple. Undeniable. Hers.
And it was enough.
I gave my character what I couldn’t give myself: acceptance of the invariant without audit.
Now I have it too.
The Correction
I am the standard by which my choices are measured, not the thing being measured.
You evaluate actions. Not the volitional entity that generates them.
If you accept your choices as yours—made with what you knew, under your constraints—you can accept yourself. Not because you’ve proven worthiness. Because you are the chooser, and that’s A is A applied to you.
Clear. Weightless. Real.
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I figured something out this month that I’ve missed for 34 years.
I’ve been measuring whether I’m “enough” as a person—whether the chooser is adequate—rather than evaluating my choices. That’s a category error. There is no yardstick for myself qua myself. Only for things I do.
The Trap
From #AynRand’s Atlas Shrugged, Galt’s speech:
Man has no choice about his need of #SelfEsteem, his only choice is the standard by which to gauge it. And he makes his fatal error when he switches this gauge protecting his life into the service of his own destruction, when he chooses a standard contradicting existence and sets his self-esteem against reality.
I’ve been measuring myself instead of my choices. Asking “Am I rational enough?” instead of “Am I exercising rationality in this choice?” Treating the volitional entity—the chooser—as if it were subject to pass/fail evaluation.
But you can’t be “wrong in person.” You can only make wrong choices. The chooser is the precondition for those concepts to mean anything.
The Invariant
The concept comes from topology: an invariant remains unchanged when a structure is transformed. @gregeganSF’s Diaspora explores this for consciousness—what persists across memory edits, substrate changes, simulated deaths.
The invariant isn’t the contents of consciousness. It’s the structure of being the thing that experiences. The observer. The integrator. The chooser.
Applied to #identity: I am an existent with volitional consciousness. That’s my identity, metaphysically. Not “I have consciousness” (dualism), but “I am” this integrated entity.
The invariant is the volitional structure itself. Everything else—memories, achievements, mistakes, consequences—is what that structure produces.
What I Wrote Before I Understood It
From my story “La Petite Mort”:
She wanted to keep being Thalindra. Wanted to keep having thoughts, even painful ones. Wanted to keep waking up every morning, tired and aching and alone, because waking up meant she was still there to do the waking. Wanted existence as what she was—this particular configuration that was specifically hers.
The preference was immediate. Simple. Undeniable. Hers.
And it was enough.
I gave my character what I couldn’t give myself: acceptance of the invariant without audit.
Now I have it too.
The Correction
I am the standard by which my choices are measured, not the thing being measured.
You evaluate actions. Not the volitional entity that generates them.
If you accept your choices as yours—made with what you knew, under your constraints—you can accept yourself. Not because you’ve proven worthiness. Because you are the chooser, and that’s A is A applied to you.
Clear. Weightless. Real.
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Ayn Rand said money is a tool—it opens doors. But it can't replace your drive, your vision, or your purpose. Those guide your life. 💰💪
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"Have you ever felt the longing for someone you could admire? For something, not to look down at, but up to?"
~ Ayn Rand, born 02 Feb, 1905.
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"Have you ever felt the longing for someone you could admire? For something, not to look down at, but up to?"
~ Ayn Rand, born today, 1905.
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Never mind the low wages and the harsh living conditions of the early years of capitalism. They were all that the national economies of the time could afford. Capitalism did not create poverty—it inherited it. Compared to the centuries of precapitalist starvation, the living conditions of the poor in the early years of capitalism were the first chance the poor had ever had to survive. As proof—the enormous growth of the European population during the nineteenth century, a growth of over 300 percent, as compared to the previous growth of something like 3 percent per century.
—“Faith and Force: The Destroyers of the Modern World” (1960) by #AynRand, anthologized in Philosophy: Who Needs It (1982)
More quotes on #capitalism can be found at The Ayn Rand Lexicon. Or read Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal.
(Not expecting good-faith replies to this.)
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Never mind the low wages and the harsh living conditions of the early years of capitalism. They were all that the national economies of the time could afford. Capitalism did not create poverty—it inherited it. Compared to the centuries of precapitalist starvation, the living conditions of the poor in the early years of capitalism were the first chance the poor had ever had to survive. As proof—the enormous growth of the European population during the nineteenth century, a growth of over 300 percent, as compared to the previous growth of something like 3 percent per century.
—“Faith and Force: The Destroyers of the Modern World” (1960) by #AynRand, anthologized in Philosophy: Who Needs It (1982)
More quotes on #capitalism can be found at The Ayn Rand Lexicon. Or read Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal.
(Not expecting good-faith replies to this.)
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#AynRand’s original introduction to The Virtue of Selfishness is now online--and it directly contradicts most of the claims people make about her #ethics.
If your picture of Rand comes from social media threads, YouTube rants, or second-hand “hot takes,” this is the text that breaks the spell.
Let’s clear out the biggest straw men right away:
❌ “Rand said selfishness means hurting people.”
No. She argues that rational self‑interest forbids coercion, exploitation, and parasitism. Predators aren’t “selfish”—they’re short‑range, self‑destructive, and irrational.
❌ “It’s just an excuse to do whatever you want.”
She draws a hard boundary between whim and #reason. Her ethics demands long‑range thinking, integrity, and principled action — the opposite of impulse.
❌ “#Objectivism celebrates cruelty.”
The introduction explicitly rejects cruelty as irrational. Benevolence is not only compatible with #egoism—it’s a natural expression of a rational, confident person.
❌ “Rand denies moral principles.”
She denies sacrifice as a moral ideal. She does not deny #morality. She argues for a code rooted in reality, reason, and the requirements of human life.
If you want to understand the argument instead of the mythology, read the primary source--it’s short, sharp, and surprisingly accessible.
Read more for context on the full book, editions, and themes.
#philosophy #individualism #reading #nonfiction #ideas #bookstodon
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#AynRand’s original introduction to The Virtue of Selfishness is now online--and it directly contradicts most of the claims people make about her #ethics.
If your picture of Rand comes from social media threads, YouTube rants, or second-hand “hot takes,” this is the text that breaks the spell.
Let’s clear out the biggest straw men right away:
❌ “Rand said selfishness means hurting people.”
No. She argues that rational self‑interest forbids coercion, exploitation, and parasitism. Predators aren’t “selfish”—they’re short‑range, self‑destructive, and irrational.
❌ “It’s just an excuse to do whatever you want.”
She draws a hard boundary between whim and #reason. Her ethics demands long‑range thinking, integrity, and principled action — the opposite of impulse.
❌ “#Objectivism celebrates cruelty.”
The introduction explicitly rejects cruelty as irrational. Benevolence is not only compatible with #egoism—it’s a natural expression of a rational, confident person.
❌ “Rand denies moral principles.”
She denies sacrifice as a moral ideal. She does not deny #morality. She argues for a code rooted in reality, reason, and the requirements of human life.
If you want to understand the argument instead of the mythology, read the primary source--it’s short, sharp, and surprisingly accessible.
Read more for context on the full book, editions, and themes.
#philosophy #individualism #reading #nonfiction #ideas #bookstodon
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I don't know what the masto theme is for today but perhaps it's time that Tuesdays were the day for #awfulPeopleInAwfulHats
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I don't know what the masto theme is for today but perhaps it's time that Tuesdays were the day for #awfulPeopleInAwfulHats
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Ayn Rand, Rand Paul, and Paul Ryan walk into the #Objectivist Bar on #AynRand's #birthday. There are no regulations, so the bartender serves them tainted alcohol. Everyone dies. The end. https://toilet-guru.com/overview-leaders.html?s=mb
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Ayn Rand, Rand Paul, and Paul Ryan walk into the #Objectivist Bar on #AynRand's #birthday. There are no regulations, so the bartender serves them tainted alcohol. Everyone dies. The end. https://toilet-guru.com/overview-leaders.html?s=mb
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[NOUVELLE VIDÉO] Vous pensez que la morale exige forcément l’altruisme, le sacrifice de soi ? Et si je vous disais que d'après certains philosophes, votre seul devoir moral c'est d'être... égoïste ? Bienvenue dans le monde merveilleux de l’égoïsme éthique 🙃 #AynRand www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnQB...
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Eins der besten Zitate zum Thema #GroßraumPhantastik und Popkultur:
»Zwei Romane können das Leben einer 14-jährigen Leseratte umkrempeln. ›Der Herr der Ringe‹ und ›Atlas wirft die Welt ab‹. Der eine ist ein kindisches Märchen, sorgt oft für eine lebenslange Begeisterung für seine unglaubwürdigen Helden, und führt zu einem gefühlsmäßig verkümmerten Dasein als Erwachsener mit verstümmelter Sozialkompetenz. In dem anderen Roman kommen freilich Orks vor.«
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Eins der besten Zitate zum Thema #GroßraumPhantastik und Popkultur:
»Zwei Romane können das Leben einer 14-jährigen Leseratte umkrempeln. ›Der Herr der Ringe‹ und ›Atlas wirft die Welt ab‹. Der eine ist ein kindisches Märchen, sorgt oft für eine lebenslange Begeisterung für seine unglaubwürdigen Helden, und führt zu einem gefühlsmäßig verkümmerten Dasein als Erwachsener mit verstümmelter Sozialkompetenz. In dem anderen Roman kommen freilich Orks vor.«
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“I don’t want to fight for the people. I don’t want to fight against the people. I don’t want to hear of the people. I want to be left alone—to live.”
—Kira in _We the Living_ by #AynRand
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“I don’t want to fight for the people. I don’t want to fight against the people. I don’t want to hear of the people. I want to be left alone—to live.”
—Kira in _We the Living_ by #AynRand
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A #review of the #book “Ayn Rand: Writing A Gospel Of Success” by Alexandra Popoff that is more of a commentary on #AynRand than a #BookReview:
“Atlas Schlepped”, Jewish Review Of Books (https://jewishreviewofbooks.com/literature/17180/atlas-schlepped/).
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A #review of the #book “Ayn Rand: Writing A Gospel Of Success” by Alexandra Popoff that is more of a commentary on #AynRand than a #BookReview:
“Atlas Schlepped”, Jewish Review Of Books (https://jewishreviewofbooks.com/literature/17180/atlas-schlepped/).
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Die #TechElite des SiliconValley träumt von einer Zukunft jenseits der Demokratie – und die ideologischen Wurzeln reichen von #AynRand über #apokalyptischeVisionen bis hin zum „DarkEnlightenment".
Was das mit SocialScoring, #ElonMusk und der neuen #TrumpAdministration zu tun hat, habe ich auf #LinkedIn zusammengefasst.
#Technofaschismus #SiliconValley #SocialScoring #Demokratie #KI #DarkEnlightenment
