objectivismonline.net — ...it will become necessary to repudiate and dissolve the bonds of a philosophy which is ensuring our own incremental enslavement. It will require the ratification of a consistent philosophy of reason, one which corrects even Aristotle’s errors. ...the...politics based on a morality of selflessness and sacrifice now robbing us...will dissolve.
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peppermintpigApr 3, 2009
While Rand explores the idea that the producers stop producing in Atlas Shrugged, which is a difficult thing to achieve in reality, it does serve to make an appreciable argument toward the contrary activity: That enough suppression on productivity and entrepreneurship can and will destroy the will of an individual to stand up for their own life and beliefs; to make decisions about how they spend their time and associate with others, rather than ceding that authenticity away so that some 'leader' can micro manage their lives.Statists often scoff at this, but it's really no laughing matter. Achieving the greatest accountability and respect for other individuals depends upon granting that others deserve liberty at the onset, and that voluntary association can solve problems which large and arbitrary bureaucracy has proven incapable of curing without creating more problems.You must resolve within your own mind this fundamental decision: Should people be free to choose, or must others dictate what is acceptable through the initiation of force?
Closed AccountApr 3, 2009
@spykerspeed-gov'ts will exist so long as man is afraid - of himself, of his strength and weaknesses, of his own mind. gov't is merely a means of shirking responsibility.
peppermintpigApr 3, 2009
Thanks. I think the logic is there, but I made several little incomplete arguments.. maybe if someone else comes along with a more challenging critique...
spykerspeedApr 3, 2009
Bastiat is my hero. Reading "The Law" had an amazing impact on the way I see the world.
peppermintpigApr 3, 2009
If I recall correctly, Stefan Molyneaux speculated a voluntary society could be possible within 110 years. I could be wrong, though... I need to find where he mentioned that. It is just one man's guess, though.