👍 Great “Atlas Shrugged” analogy, Peter! Any thoughts as to the modern day Dagny Taggert? Will today’s location of Galt’s Gulch be divulged (Texas, perhaps?)🤔🤔? With regard to the moochers need for more of other people’s money in their quest for utopia (or is it power they want?) - moochers are gonna mooch!
I haven't delved deeply enough into Objectivism to be able to expound in such a fashion.
I'm not really inclined to bind myself to an "ism," despite labeling myself a libertarian. I just operate from the principle of self-ownership and figure it out as I go along. I devote more time thinking about moving the needle than about the nuances of the end-state, which is what the "ism" discussions tend to be about.
Entirely agree. I spent my life doing the same until I discovered that this particular "-ism" is fundamentally about using your mind to know the world out there. No smoke and mirrors, just you and reality.
👍 Great “Atlas Shrugged” analogy, Peter! Any thoughts as to the modern day Dagny Taggert? Will today’s location of Galt’s Gulch be divulged (Texas, perhaps?)🤔🤔? With regard to the moochers need for more of other people’s money in their quest for utopia (or is it power they want?) - moochers are gonna mooch!
Oh, I'm not prepared to extend the analogy that far. It's already quite imperfect :).
Galt’s Gulch is nearby Rio Paloma and the Dutton Ranch 🤗
It always baffles me that when they pick the wealthy they omit sports and entertainment, I guess because they provide the Circus?
Because they generally lean left, and many/most can be cajoled (shamed?) into propagating The Message, I would suggest.
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BAILI! May I please suggest you write a blog someday with yours points of agreement and disagreement with Objectivism?
I haven't delved deeply enough into Objectivism to be able to expound in such a fashion.
I'm not really inclined to bind myself to an "ism," despite labeling myself a libertarian. I just operate from the principle of self-ownership and figure it out as I go along. I devote more time thinking about moving the needle than about the nuances of the end-state, which is what the "ism" discussions tend to be about.
Entirely agree. I spent my life doing the same until I discovered that this particular "-ism" is fundamentally about using your mind to know the world out there. No smoke and mirrors, just you and reality.
Moving the needle is indeed how improvements are achieved.
Yep. People want to imagine wholesale revisions, but in truth all changes are incremental.
I’m starting to believe Atlas needs to shrug. I’m at that point.