US - China war inevitable?

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(05-29-2015, 10:08 AM)SteelCitySouth Wrote: All of Ayn Rand's philosophy begins with her most basic Metaphysical value.  God does not exist. We live in a solely objective world and man is at the top of that world and thus god.

Altruism to Ayn Rand is a concept more extreme than most would define it.  To Ayn Rand altruism was the destruction of self for the benefit of others.  You can not think of kindness and observations of rights for others as a part of altruism in Ayn's thoughts.  Those are givens within the construct of the self as it relates to others.  You must think of acts such as self immolation, giving without and end goal for the receiver.  Destroying ones self for the good of others.

I always find it amusing when a stanch right winger with a heavy emphasis on Christian morals uses Ayn Rand "Who is John Galt?" in some way or fashion.  Her philosophy is in stark contrast to those values in every way.  I immediately assume they have either never read anything by Ayn Rand or have difficulties understanding philosophical writings.  The scary thought though is that they know....but just don't care.

Ayn Rand's books were incredible works of fiction.  I believe they were very undervalued.  The Fountainhead in my opinion was a better book than Atlas Shrugged.  However they were both wonderful examples of story telling and immaculate writing style.  That being said, much like all philosophical writers that turn to fiction, the protagonists were always too perfect in their unwavering need to fulfill Ayns philosophy and the antagonists were always too perfect in portraying the morals of the wrong way to live.  This makes for a wonderful read, but in the end requires very little education to understand that this cannot and does not happen in the real world and thus undermines her philosophy in the end.

Dear Message Board Poster, 

Wrong thread.

Signed, Snickering Ninja