So, what? Is this thread starting again?
The tea-partiers are rationalizing, since they ignore all the core concepts of objectivism and cherry-pick the things they want to implement. Since they ignore the premises, they don't understand the limits of application of those principles.
Actually, neither has ever been a theology - which specifically refers to religious study.
Laissez faire capitalism and rational egoism have been accepted as ideals to achieve by different countries over to history and they are all still standing. And objectivism never calls for elimination of government.
(April 20, 2012 at 9:39 pm)mediamogul Wrote: The right wing tea-partiers have appropriated Ayn Rand's ideology to provide theoretical support to the hard right's agenda of eliminating government, de-regulating business, and rationalizing their own selfishness.
The tea-partiers are rationalizing, since they ignore all the core concepts of objectivism and cherry-pick the things they want to implement. Since they ignore the premises, they don't understand the limits of application of those principles.
(April 20, 2012 at 9:39 pm)mediamogul Wrote: Objectivism and libertariansim has always been a theology. Something that is believed on apparent reason but in actuality could never work in a practical application of the principles involved. Laissez faire capitalism, rational egoism, and the elimination of government would spell the end for whichever country foolish enough to adopt these principles.
Actually, neither has ever been a theology - which specifically refers to religious study.
Laissez faire capitalism and rational egoism have been accepted as ideals to achieve by different countries over to history and they are all still standing. And objectivism never calls for elimination of government.
