Ayn Rand was so profoundly stupid that, not only did she name her purely subjective philosophy "objectivism", but she disseminated the internal philosophy of communism as somehow anti-communist. The supposedly earned-wealth of all of her theoretical protagonists was always fiat currency backed up by the threat of government violence.
“The supposedly earned-wealth of all of her theoretical protagonists was always fiat currency backed up by the threat of government violence.”
That was all they had. And Francisco D’Anconio dealt with that in his Money Speech.
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Ouch! A Libertarian who finds Rand to be “soft”!
Did you find, as I did, that she had her protagonists resort to the force that she spent so much time decrying? It seemed a cop-out, to me.
I don’t think I understand how she was Communist, but I never understood how “objectivism” could be a morality, either.
In Atlas Shrugged, there was a strong emphasis on a gold standard currency. Dagney and Hank lived in the real world, of course, and not Atlantis, as did the reader.
In Galt’s Gulch the only currency allowed was gold.
If Rand was unaware of fiat currency why would this have been emphasized in these chapters of her book?
“fiat currency backed up by the threat of government violence”
Your post reminds me of an old favorite:
https://www.amazon.com/No-Treason-Constitution-Authority/dp/1938357000
Truth hurts—a lot.
The truth is that homo sapiens still hasn’t figured out how to live in a society where we are not ripping off other people and telling them it is for their own good.
“The supposedly earned-wealth of all of her theoretical protagonists was always fiat currency backed up by the threat of government violence.”
Yes, the very same currency we all use, the supposed income and supposed wealth of all (supposed?) Americans.