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Baraka_Guru · 08-08-2009, 04:13 PM

What? No mention of Ayn Rand's Objectivist utopia? Maybe it's because it hasn't really been attempted on a large enough scale. Perhaps we should be grateful for that.

It's interesting, though, because I'm assuming conservative talk radio either consciously or subconsciously subscribes to such a thing, at least in some capacity--mainly the worshiping laissez-faire capitalism bit. I don't mind being told I'm wrong. I actually hope I am, and this is why: I fear that Rand's philosophy (Objectivism) would do as much to capitalism's influence on society as Lenin's philosophy (Leninism) did to Marxism's influence on society.

Wouldn't that be fun?

08-08-2009, 04:13 PM	#62 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	What? No mention of Ayn Rand's Objectivist utopia? Maybe it's because it hasn't really been attempted on a large enough scale. Perhaps we should be grateful for that. It's interesting, though, because I'm assuming conservative talk radio either consciously or subconsciously subscribes to such a thing, at least in some capacity--mainly the worshiping laissez-faire capitalism bit. I don't mind being told I'm wrong. I actually hope I am, and this is why: I fear that Rand's philosophy (Objectivism) would do as much to capitalism's influence on society as Lenin's philosophy (Leninism) did to Marxism's influence on society. Wouldn't that be fun? __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot Last edited by Baraka_Guru; 08-08-2009 at 04:20 PM..