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Saturday, October 30, 2021

The Philosophy of Objectivism in Ten Comparisons Against All Major World Religions

1. Buddhism says you should renounce your desires as the path to inner peace. Objectivism says you should achieve your desires as the path to happiness.
2. Religion says you should focus on the afterlife. Objectivism says you should focus on this life.
3. Existentialism says nothing means anything. Objectivism says your life means something.
4. Marxism/socialism says capitalism is evil. Objectivism says capitalism is virtuous.
5. Christianity says Jesus Christ died to save you from your sins. Objectivism says there is no such thing as original sin, and to be human is good, not evil.
6. Islam says the Prophet Mohamed is your source of truth. Objectivism says your reasoning mind is your source of truth.
7. Kantianism says knowledge comes from intuition. Objectivism says knowledge comes from experience.
8. Judaism says the Jews are God's chosen people. Objectivism says every human being belongs in this reality.
9. Subjectivism says you know only your own subjective point of view. Objectivism says that perception and logic are your means of knowing objective reality.
10. The government says you need government experts to make your decisions for you. Objectivism has confidence in you that you can make the correct decisions for yourself.

Friday, October 22, 2021

Poem of Love and Logic

 A Leftist can be at one with Leftism. Or not.

Leftism cannot be at one with itself, because it cannot pay for the cost of what it wants to spend to help the poor.

A Conservative can be at one with Conservatism. Or not.

But Conservatism cannot be at one with itself, because its core virtue is freedom, yet it opposes freedom across a broad range of "social" issues, like abortion and gay marriage and recreational drug use.

An Objectivist can be at one with Objectivism. Or not.

Objectivism can be at one with itself. It has no internal contradictions.

Therefore only an Objectivist at one with Objectivism is perfectly at one, perfectly logical, without contradictions, coherent, with integrity.