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Re: Ayn Rand Objectivsm v. Karl Marx Communiusm
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Tue Jan 06, 2015 12:53 pm
by spacemonkey
Re: Ayn Rand Objectivsm v. Karl Marx Communiusm
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Tue Jan 06, 2015 2:52 pm
by Southern Dad
Re: Ayn Rand Objectivsm v. Karl Marx Communiusm
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Mon Sep 21, 2015 3:20 am
by ndz
The question isn't whether Communist societies can exist; they did for millenia prior to the Neolithic revolution. The question is whether advanced Communist societies can exist. I believe they can and inevitably will occur; just that we won't see them for at least another century. The goal right now is to advance technology to the point where scarcity no longer exists as a meaningful limitation (socialism). Once that is done, the notion of money, labor, private property, and statism will evaporate.
Objectivism is so obviously defective as a political theory that it fails in principle alone. Simply apply the test of universality to it. If everyone looked out for their own self-interest and didn't care about others' welfare, then people who were incapable of looking out for their own welfare due to disability or social conditions would simply die. This is obviously immoral, so the system fails.
Re: Ayn Rand Objectivsm v. Karl Marx Communiusm
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Mon Sep 21, 2015 11:07 am
by spacemonkey
It just shows the advantage of having a plan. Something this country does not have for much of anything. I just call it living in the state of la-de da, searching for the land of Duh.
Re: Ayn Rand Objectivsm v. Karl Marx Communiusm
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Mon Sep 21, 2015 12:23 pm
by lnrw
the pentagon has a contingency plan for everything................except for what actually happens.
Re: Ayn Rand Objectivsm v. Karl Marx Communiusm
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Tue Sep 22, 2015 7:59 am
by Motown
Re: Ayn Rand Objectivsm v. Karl Marx Communiusm
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Tue Sep 22, 2015 10:47 am
by spacemonkey
Greed and gluttony are the biggest obstacles to communism, capitalism, and pretty much every other "ism" out there. Oh wait, don't forget corruption.
Re: Ayn Rand Objectivsm v. Karl Marx Communiusm
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Tue Sep 22, 2015 12:54 pm
by Motown
Re: Ayn Rand Objectivsm v. Karl Marx Communiusm
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Tue Sep 22, 2015 12:56 pm
by Dylan
Re: Ayn Rand Objectivsm v. Karl Marx Communiusm
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Tue Sep 22, 2015 2:30 pm
by The Comrade
i wish the first page of that book had that written in it. would have saved me from reading 800 more.