I also read AS about 4 times. She was under-rated as a philosopher. But she is just dead wrong about things. Human beings are part of a society of other humans and we are not islands.
Plus, if the leading “capitalists” in our country go on strike, HALLELUJAH!!!!! Worthless bunch of overpaid parasites. Plus they could not live on beans and hamburger meat. Heck, most of what they do is for the appearance anyway.
parsy, who just found out Baron Von Steuben was gay.
Baron Von Steuben was gay. NO!
“But she is just dead wrong about things. Human beings are part of a society of other humans and we are not islands.”
It’s precisely because human beings are NOT islands and ARE part of a society of other humans that we must deal with one another as VOLUNTARY TRADERS and not (as she would say) as MOOCHERS and LOOTERS.
In fact, it is the tyranny of socialism that forces human beings to operate as economically autistic islands. She was “dead right” about all of that.
What a silly statement to make in reference to Ayn Rand. She never intimated that humans are "islands." She emphasized that we are individuals with our own brains and therefore are not part of some hive mentality. Our moral responsibility is to ourselves and those to whom we freely obligate ourselves.
She also was an advocate for capitalism which, of course, cannot prosper unless we provide what others want when they want it. You sound as if you'd be much happier at D.U..
Parsy,
Regarding the parasites on the system- those are exactly the people who in Ayn Rand’s view support bailouts and are least likely to go on strike against the socialist system. The capitalists who go on strike against overbearing government are the ones who are contributing and producing rather than suck on the government or any other teat.