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Title: the cult of the bold and successfull in america? Post by: BitMos on February 18, 2015, 04:59:13 PM I don't understand it, in America kodorofsky and the dirty miner would be heroes, adulated by the mass, praise for their ingenuity... lol, you worship people that get free do from the banker of the ctrl+p team... it's revealing of your values... A nation of slaves that lost their souls in the pursuit of greed?
Title: Re: the cult of the bold and successfull in america? Post by: BADecker on February 18, 2015, 05:15:24 PM While I don't endorse Ayn Rand herself at all, often one of the greatest of her ideologies - pure selfishness - is the best. The problem is, pure selfishness isn't understood. Pure selfishness in action has the appearance of selflessness.
"No man is an island." If people didn't need other people, pure selfishness might be something other than selfless. But even a king is supported by the labor of the people who work his land. This means that for purposes of self-support, one must act selflessly, just to maintain friendship with others who help to support him. If one acts selflessly for his own support, he is really being selfish. Yet the appearance and practicality of it is selflessness. :) Title: Re: the cult of the bold and successfull in america? Post by: BitMos on February 18, 2015, 05:19:11 PM While I don't endorse Ayn Rand herself at all, often one of the greatest of her ideologies - pure selfishness - is the best. The problem is, pure selfishness isn't understood. Pure selfishness in action has the appearance of selflessness. "No man is an island." If people didn't need other people, pure selfishness might be something other than selfless. But even a king is supported by the labor of the people who work his land. This means that for purposes of self-support, one must act selflessly, just to maintain friendship with others who help to support him. If one acts selflessly for his own support, he is really being selfish. Yet the appearance and practicality of it is selflessness. :) man this girl was stupid enough to not understand pollution, otherwise she nailed it. never forget. Otherwise she was a rape fan. What else? Title: Re: the cult of the bold and successfull in america? Post by: BADecker on February 18, 2015, 05:51:39 PM While I don't endorse Ayn Rand herself at all, often one of the greatest of her ideologies - pure selfishness - is the best. The problem is, pure selfishness isn't understood. Pure selfishness in action has the appearance of selflessness. "No man is an island." If people didn't need other people, pure selfishness might be something other than selfless. But even a king is supported by the labor of the people who work his land. This means that for purposes of self-support, one must act selflessly, just to maintain friendship with others who help to support him. If one acts selflessly for his own support, he is really being selfish. Yet the appearance and practicality of it is selflessness. :) man this girl was stupid enough to not understand pollution, otherwise she nailed it. never forget. Otherwise she was a rape fan. What else? After awhile, even Nathaniel Branden couldn't take it. :) |