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For someone who paints themselves as some sort of Randian superman, he sure uses the words of collective action and altruism a lot. "It’s paradoxical, but the

For someone who paints themselves as some sort of Randian superman, he sure uses the words of collective action and altruism a lot. "It’s paradoxical, but the less you focus on your own happiness and focus on others’, the happier you’ll be." John Galt indeed.

jacoblyles 13y ago
Outside of Ayn Rand novels, collective action is necessary for the livelihood of free peoples. Old-fashioned civic virtue used to fill the roles that the state usurped (see Albert Jay Nock's "Our Enemy, The State"). I have a soft spot in my heart for Ayn Rand, but her moral system would be a poor foundation for a free people (which I am here using as a euphemism for market anarchy).
icebraining 13y ago
He's an anarcho-capitalist, not an objectivist. The two groups often disagree on many things. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism_and_Objectivism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism_and_Objectivism