(February 7, 2020 at 7:51 pm)Shell B Wrote:(February 5, 2020 at 12:11 am)SUNGULA Wrote: But there are people in American who do and they are not insignificant
That was never my point, so I'm not sure what your point is. Did I say they're insignificant? I'm pretty sure I just said it's not a great idea to turn to philosophy-laden fiction for your ideology.
Well, I'm not sure what your guys' original conversation was concerning, but in general, it's totally possibly to extract perfectly valid philosophical ideas and vales from works of fiction, philosophy-laden or not. Like any thinker, I like some things that Rand had to say, but overall, she was quite the reactionary... to the point of great fault.
Though, to be fair, I've yet to read my copy of Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal, in its entirety.
Unlike many other folks, I don't feel the need to put set-in-stone labels on people, and then take measures to avoid positive comparisons to those people no matter the cost of said measures... I simply don't see the world in black and white like many others do. I'm more of a many shades of gray kind of guy.
Granted, I'm not suggested that you're implying any of this, I'm just sort of thinking out loud, and making conversation. That's all.
If you're frightened of dying, and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the Earth.
