The Glade 4.0

Don't fall into a trap, making yourself one dimensional. All the information in the world in useless without depth of character and a way to communicate and ultimatly sell that information to others.

Why on earth wouldn't I get it?

That said, one should probably dismiss any notions one has of Rand being an Objectivist and proto-libertarian thinker. Avoiding all criticisms or praises for her writing, there are some fundamental phenomenological concerns that undermine the value of her writing in those contexts. In particular, I specifically picked Rand because she's a) not Western by birth and b) not initially a child of the specific Anglo-Saxon diaspora that dominates current academic and political thought. Sadly, what I discovered when I actually took her texts to task was a curious and peculiarly post-Marxist notion of the hero.

But, I'll simply contend that altruistic suicide is not an act of heroism; it is, in point of fact, supremely selfish. However, that John Galt or Winston Smith or Professor Solanka or the Magistrate or Piggy or Bernard or even Darth Vader or Obi Wan or Qui Gonn or ...

Well, everyone that isn't a comic book super hero ... except for that fact that self-obliteration has become such a fundamental component of our society that the destruction of the self has become the ultimate heroic act.

And, that's actually just **** depressing.

I'd rather live in a world where aphanisis isn't a requirement to greatness.

In comic strips the person on the left always speaks first. - George Carlin

That just begs the question: Why haven't you posted this week's pick em's yet?

Facism is not a school of thought, it is a racial slur.

But, I'll simply contend that altruistic suicide is not an act of heroism; it is, in point of fact, supremely selfish. However, that John Galt or Winston Smith or Professor Solanka or the Magistrate or Piggy or Bernard or even Darth Vader or Obi Wan or Qui Gonn or ...

Well, everyone that isn't a comic book super hero ... except for that fact that self-obliteration has become such a fundamental component of our society that the destruction of the self has become the ultimate heroic act.

And, that's actually just **** depressing.

I'd rather live in a world where aphanisis isn't a requirement to greatness.

But, I'll simply contend that altruistic suicide is not an act of heroism; it is, in point of fact, supremely selfish.

Facism is not a school of thought, it is a racial slur.

Wouldn't you be the 'Greatest' in that scenario?

Wouldn't you be the 'Greatest' in that scenario?

The world would be a better place if a lot more people killed themselves.

The planet can only sustain a finite amount of humans. There is only so much food. There is only so much clean water.

Hmm I see him as the bastard child of Ted nugentWilliam Foster from Falling Down and Bert gummer from tremors.

The planet can only sustain a finite amount of humans. There is only so much food. There is only so much clean water.

The planet can only sustain a finite amount of humans. There is only so much food. There is only so much clean water.

Yes but we aren't anywhere near that potential yet. We can feed the world without breaking a sweat if we had the ways and means of getting it to the right places.

Facism is not a school of thought, it is a racial slur.

People will die. That's not the problem. If the whole world dropped to a 2 children per couple average (slightly below the "maintenance threshold") population would begin declining sufficiently on its own.