Originally Posted by Agent_Grey

Egoistic Altruisim was a school of phillosophy that taught rational self-interest long before Rand's "Objectivism" was coined for it.

Rand whining that we've never had a truly Capitalist society is no different than those who argue the same for Communism. Neither has ever had a perfect vacuum in which to prove its success over the other, and I don't particularly endorse either blindly. Which is more than I can say for Rand.

Rand's views on geschtalt versus individualist ethical standpoints might not be so bad, but she very adamantly argues that EVERYTHING can be broken down into a black and white analysis of its superiority to other things, that this is how the individual should make choices in the face of the world she seems to think would work best.

Capitalism is BETTER than Communism. Hands down. End of debate. No discussion.

Beethoven is BETTER than Mozart. Disagree? Shut up. Fuck you. I'm the individual and what I say is right.

Chocolate is BETTER than vanilla. Get rid of Vanilla. It's a lesser flavor for lesser men. Why? Because it's objective. I'm an objectivist and when I point out the objective truth, you better agree or get the hell out of my way.

This is why I find her laughable.