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Date Posted: 22:18:15 11/21/02 Thu
Author: BFIH
Subject: I would summarize her themes as...
In reply to: coyotyl 's message, "i always had that on my list, too ..." on 22:00:24 11/21/02 Thu

Man's purpose and satisfaction is to seek excellence in his work and act in his own self interest. In doing so, he provides goods, services and jobs for others along the way, not because he is interested in their welfare but because he is pursuing his own.

Each person acting in their own self interest to the best of their abilities advances society and makes life better for every one else. There are no oughts, or God's or morals beyond that a person should seek to find productive work that they are excellent at and act in their own self interest. (Being productive rules out being a thief, etc...)

Unfortunately our society calls men who act in this fashion "selfish" and "greedy". True competence in one's chosen profession has become a rare thing and the few men of competence are ruled over by the parasites who out of their own jealousy, greed and pettiness impose governmental regulations, etc. on these men of competence in order to keep them down.

In the process the society retards its own advancement and makes the world a more miserable place to live.

As a response to this, the men of competence have every right to destroy their own work, to quit producing and to withdraw from society until it collapses under the weight of the parasites.

If necessary, men and women of competence have the right to form their own private society (There's your utopia...) and share their advancements solely with each other until such time as the rest of the world figures out that giving all men freedom to act in their own self interest is really what is best for all mankind.

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Replies:

thank you for that -- chamberlain, 08:58:28 11/22/02 Fri
oversimplified hogwash? -- bfny, 11:05:00 11/22/02 Fri
- You should read her really -- BFIH, 14:18:45 11/22/02 Fri
- The Enron CEO would be a thief to Ayn Rand -- BFIH, 14:44:11 11/22/02 Fri
- from the closing argument in the book -- chamberlain, 19:28:12 11/25/02 Mon
  - Well... I'm not totally sure of that either -- BFIH, 21:56:07 11/25/02 Mon
    - there's nothing that would stop you from deciding ... -- coyotyl, 02:43:57 11/26/02 Tue
      - I remember him saying something to the effect -- BFIH, 12:59:56 11/26/02 Tue
        he's never been kicked in the nuts -- bfny, 13:31:18 11/26/02 Tue
        well, we are talking about human ideals here, right? -- coyotyl, 21:42:12 11/26/02 Tue

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