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Can someone explain me, why is it bad to think about yourself? This book teaches you, how to first think about yourself, than others.
She(or Nathan) wrote, that if you do something with "I want this, so I do this" manner, that isn't great. The formula should be "This should be done, because of some rational reasoning, so I'll do this". If you are not involving others right to think/live/freedom.
In the beginning of the story our so called heroes run their train through a red light because they don't want to be late for a meeting. That's not thinking for yourself. That's not even thinking period. They are gambling not only their own, but dozens of other peoples lives to avoid a minor inconvenience. This is far from the only example of this happening.
Can you please tell me the chapter, I don't remember this moment, to be honest. I would like to reread it
The scene in question is on page 23.
It's clearly stated, that they were on the siding track by someone's mistake. She asked them to drive slowly in case of something and if another one is green, than go back to main road.
She knows how trainroads work and how to solve problems. She found a problem and solved it. She asked them to drive cautiously, so I don't see a problem here.
Is it wrong for you to drive on a red light, if it's by mistake of someone? You would also cautiously drive through it, to get to your destination, aren't you? Maybe you would take another route. We take into account, that you know by fact, that this red light is broken and you wouldn't wait until it's fixed in front of it.
For me it's not wrong to break this rule in the context of the situation. They were caught by mistake and it made a problem of getting late. She understood the situation, thought it through and solved the problem. It wasn't reckless, which is clearly stated by asking them to drive cautiously.
No, it doesn't.
In a world of Ayn Rand everyone also works together. She wrote, that people should work with each other. They will benefit from this. One person is not capable of doing everything. However, you can choose who to work with. You would always want to work with someone who does everything right and in time.
All people are not equal, and that is a fact, but in rational world they can work hard to be noticed by another rational person. You don't judge by the look of their skin, cloths or fortune. You judge by the way they think. There would be no slaves, those who worked hard would earn more.
The machines are built by workers, but who made the blueprint? They sold it or shared it to make life more comfortable for themselves, thus making the progress. You will end up with better and more goods. This is one of the reasons you must value yourself.
Money is virtue, because it's one of the least thing people agreed on as equal value to something. I really don't want to barter for the new phone, to be honest.
It's a problem, that you are not getting paid enough, but that's not problem of the money, that's people who are paying less are a problem.
Communism isn't equal too. You, in fact, would get paid the same amount as everyone else. What's the point of doing better and more, if you get paid the same?
So I still don't understand to be honest, are there other explanations? With all my pleasure, if everything is shared, I do not want to share my woman with someone, who needs it more. Share my workplace with someone who needs it more, but I will give it to someone, who's better than me. Share my payment, because someone needs it more. If I want to, I have some surplus and I won't need it, than sure, I will share. I won't do it mandatory.
Sorry, by saying "in a world of Ayn Rand" I meant her philosophy. That's my mistake and I will try not to do it again.
Well, the true communism is achieved when everything is everyone, all are equal in their, including people. You can have sex with whom you want. If someone, doesn't matter who, can sex with another person, so can you. I maybe mistaken, but book "we" explains it greatly.
Few people earn all their surplus honestly, and I am sure you have nothing against those. Others who don't(stole, lie, decieve) to achieve fortune are not objectivists. They are one of many reasons people hate capitalism in fact and I agree with this.
Sorry, I didn't understand your take about private property. You saying, that we can't built our philosophy on top of this concept, because we don't have scientific research on this matter?
It is not about holding it as sacred things, that is not the final goal, even thou it seems otherwise. The main goal is life, you should value it the most. You do what you love the most. You yourself is a goal.
You probably have an interesting workday, if you can write those huge comments. (;
I don't think example of "sacred" is necessary. Jim Taggert is example of this in full scale. Him and all his friends. The pursuit the fortune as a goal. It was never clear, so it led to whole country collapse.
"But who made the blueprints"
Also workers.
No, you understand perfectly well - you are a simp for parasite ideology. Just like Ayn Rand was.
That's a solid argument right there.
Ayn Rand is a dumbass that encourages atomization of humanity, when humans are a social species. Placing the self over the whole is where we get fascism.