We will only make significant inroads toward building a truly free society when enough people understand why such a society is desirable. Some can spread this understanding through writing or art, but all of us can do our bit simply by talking to other people about our convictions.
Article: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...06/061112-3.htm
This is almost funny enough to move into the "Reality-Challenged" subforum!
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BOO YAH! I was actually laughing, until I realized the guy was probably serious.
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Many people do not fully appreciate how order can arise spontaneously. ... It doesn't have to be this way. Explaining how spontaneous order arises and describing examples of it is the way to go here. Wikipedia, Linux, and the internet itself are good examples of the complex order that can arise with only a few simple rules in place.
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As Ayn Rand pointed out over and over again, if we have a duty to help others, then they have a claim on our lives. This makes us all either masters or slaves, with those of us who are most able to "master" our own lives enslaved to help those who cannot or will not take the trouble to master theirs.
BOO YAH! I was actually laughing, until I realized the guy was probably serious.
Isn't Ayn Rand the leading philosophical influence on Wikipedia?
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Isn't Ayn Rand the leading philosophical influence on Wikipedia?
Well, after Jeffrey Dahmer, yes, absolutely!
This fella "Bradley Doucet" is what one might call an "classic unapologetic Libertarian Anarcho-Capitalist Objectivist" - just like Jimbo really, except that Jimbo has quite a lot to lose, and wouldn't risk his hard-won social standing by blogging about his underlying (and highly dubious) quasi-philosophical beliefs, like this Doucet guy.
Canadians... Just when you start to think they're mostly OK, people like this come along!
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