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LorryAlso I decided I should start posting my occasional Mastodon rants to my weblog, because I never post anything to that poor unloved thing. <a href="https://superhighwayman.com/2025/money-for-sources-but-the-spin-comes-free/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://superhighwayman.com/2025/money-for-sources-but-the-spin-comes-free/</a><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Blog</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Rant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rant</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Misinformation</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#journalism</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AynRand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AynRand</a>

Torsten TorstenElon Musk und seine geistige Ziehmutter Ayn Rand verdammen Empathie als Schwäche.Für ein privates Forschungsprojekt (a.k.a. ich plane ein <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Lied" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lied</a> darüber) interessiert mich in dem Zusammenhang:Könnt ihr euch an einen Moment erinnern, in dem ihr Empathie - bei euch, bei anderen um euch herum oder weit weg von euch - erlebt habt? Wie war das? Wie sah Empathie aus, wie klang sie? Wie riecht, schmeckt & fühlt sich Empathie an?<a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/AynRand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AynRand</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Empathie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Empathie</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Sinnlichkeit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sinnlichkeit</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Sinne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sinne</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Gef%C3%BChl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gefühl</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Musik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musik</a>

Mark Mullen<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Takeover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Takeover</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/GreatReplacement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreatReplacement</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/DarkEnlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DarkEnlightenment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Accelerationism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Accelerationism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Technocracy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/TechnoUtopianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechnoUtopianism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/TechnoOptimism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechnoOptimism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Patrimonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Patrimonialism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Sovereignism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sovereignism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ProsperityGospel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProsperityGospel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Firehosing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Firehosing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/AynRand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AynRand</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/RoyCohn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RoyCohn</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/NRx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NRx</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Thiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Thiel</a>

Kent PitmanA few thoughts that relate to the above poem (tanka).The late Erik Naggum was a controversial figure as a user of programming language Common Lisp and markup language SGML because he was often unreasonably and mercilessly unkind to people he regarded as stupid or people (often newbies) who were unwilling to educate themselves from resources he felt would rescue them from ignorance. I won't make apologies for that. It was beyond rude.Nonetheless, he was brilliant thinker and I am not one to ignore useful thought because of its source. That is itself a controversial position but it's one I strongly hold to. To do otherwise puts important thought at risk by manufacturing truths or even discovering legit truth about any author. If you were told Homer or Shakespeare or Thomas Jefferson or Maya Angelou or Mark Twain or MLK or AOC or Bernie Sanders was morally flawed, are you then obliged to disclaim or remove their writing. Society would be forever hostage to reputation peddlers. I maintain that the goodness of writing must be judged by the words of the writing, not the author. It's an uncomfortable but necessary truth, as I see it. Indeed, to read even the thoughts of Hitler or Ayn Rand, neither of whom I thonk well of, can be important. To understand the world and its history, it matters to hear all kinds of people [1].As I undertand it, Naggum was originally an objectivist. That's how he seemed to present himself to me, as an ex-objectivist. At one time a fan of Ayn Rand and her philosophies. But at some point he had a falling out and came to be a very lucid critic [2], with the sharpness and clarity of one disillusioned by deep and contemplative thought.His writing is blunt and sometimes intolerant but makes strong points. I found slogging past the unncomfortably phrased parts useful. There's a lot of interesting stuff there.But one thing he, a Norwegian, once said to me was that he felt the really unique and valuable thing about the American capitalist system was its degree of forgiveness. Elsewhere, he said, if you make a mistake and, you are done, sacked with debt you cannot return from, and given no second chance. The American system of bankruptcy means people can recover and learn from mistakes.Plainly some do not learn, as one of our co-presidents shows clearly. And you can still do horrible harm that you should not be forgiven for, a problem the other co-president is poster boy for. But there is a place for forgiveness and just tolerance.Yet instead, having gotten into the treehouse, the co-presidents are not seeking to bring others along, just to pull up the ladder so that no one else can get in, at least not without paying dearly.Naggum also speaks (and this much is in the referenced essay [2]) of the need to accomodate change and diversity and unfortunate circumstances, which he seems to assert is part of the fabric of society that bring intolerant people to sufficient success that they can start to build a society that espouses no need for such.These things which are in stark contrast with the writings of Yarvin (the apparent philosophical leader of Vance and the Project 2025 crowd), who seems scarily comfortable with death and suffering [3] [4].[1] <a href="https://netsettlement.blogspot.com/2009/05/freedom-to-hear.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://netsettlement.blogspot.com/2009/05/freedom-to-hear.html</a>[2] <a href="https://www.nhplace.com/kent/Writing/OS/Naggum-on-Atlas-Shrugged.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nhplace.com/kent/Writing/OS/Naggum-on-Atlas-Shrugged.html</a> (yes, it has some broken links but the important part is the long embedded quote from email he sent me)[3] <a href="https://www.thenerdreich.com/curtis-yarvin-fears-his-authoritarian-fantasy-is-flopping/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.thenerdreich.com/curtis-yarvin-fears-his-authoritarian-fantasy-is-flopping/</a>[4] <a href="https://netsettlement.blogspot.com/2024/10/vance-notice.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://netsettlement.blogspot.com/2024/10/vance-notice.html</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/objectivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#objectivism</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/objectivist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#objectivist</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/AynRand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AynRand</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/forgiveness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#forgiveness</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a>

Preston MacDougall<a href="https://mas.to/@tg9541" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@tg9541</a> They get it from the “Atlas Shrugged” novels written by <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Russian</a> emigrée <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/AynRand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AynRand</a> (where the ‘hero’ is a character named John Galt). Her hyper-rationalist <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Objectivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Objectivism</a> philosophy (<a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#empathy</a> is a sin) was perversely melded into the ethos of so-called fundamentalist <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Christians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Christians</a> already worshipping <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/prosperity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prosperity</a> in the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a>.I saw an excellent essay on this <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#American</a> phenomenon entitled “Who is <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Jesus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jesus</a> Galt?” that has since been ‘disappeared’. 🤷🏻‍♂️<a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Resist</a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/DoNotComply" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DoNotComply</a>

kolya<a href="https://goblin.camp/@breakfastgolem" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@breakfastgolem</a> <a href="https://social.cologne/tags/dirtydancing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dirtydancing</a> <a href="https://social.cologne/tags/aynrand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aynrand</a> <a href="https://social.cologne/tags/fountainhead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fountainhead</a>

Mark Gardner<a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/AynRand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AynRand</a>’s 1962 essay “The Pull Peddlers” critiques the contradictory arguments for <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/ForeignAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ForeignAid</a>, highlighting the flaws in the “public interest” justification.<a href="https://NewIdeal.AynRand.org/ayn-rands-distinctive-analysis-of-americas-foreign-aid/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://NewIdeal.AynRand.org/ayn-rands-distinctive-analysis-of-americas-foreign-aid/</a>Rand argues that foreign aid, rationalized by both <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/altruism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#altruism</a> and self-interest, ultimately benefits neither the recipients nor the donors.<a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USAID</a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/ForeignPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ForeignPolicy</a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#philosophy</a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a>

Magda♪enaBerlin 💚 🦥 💚Heute ging es ins Berliner Ensemble zuDIE HEILIGE JOHANNA DER SCHLACHTHÖFE von Bertolt <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Brecht" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Brecht</a> Man mag es kaum glauben, dass dieses nun bald 100 Jahre alte Stück über Markt und Ware so bestürzend aktuell ist... <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/KathleenMorgeneyer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KathleenMorgeneyer</a> und <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/StefanieReinsperger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StefanieReinsperger</a> überwältigend gut in ihrem Ringen um- und miteinander... Und wer in der Pause im Saal blieb, erlebte noch einen brillanten Monolog mit Stefanie Reinsperger nach einem Text von <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/AynRand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AynRand</a>.<a href="https://mastodon.art/@blnensemble" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@blnensemble</a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/BerlinerEnsemble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BerlinerEnsemble</a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/BE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BE</a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Schauspiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Schauspiel</a>

jackhutton 🇺🇸Astute takedown of the Silicon Valley villains in their own language. [The Bulwark, Substack]: Elon Musk Thinks He’s an Ayn Rand Hero. Nope: He’s One of Her Villains.Recent years have revealed the Silicon Valley venture capitalists and tech entrepreneurs who worship Rand to be racists, fraudsters, and looters. By Paul Crider, March 10, 2025<a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/elon-musk-thinks-he-is-an-ayn-rand-hero-nope-one-of-her-villains-silicon-valley-thiel-andreessen?r=buqu&utm_medium=ios" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/elon-musk-thinks-he-is-an-ayn-rand-hero-nope-one-of-her-villains-silicon-valley-thiel-andreessen?r=buqu&utm_medium=ios</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/elonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elonMusk</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/aynRand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aynRand</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/jamesTaggert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jamesTaggert</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/marcAndreesen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#marcAndreesen</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/peterThiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#peterThiel</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/villains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#villains</a>

KielKontrovers Blog<a href="https://chaos.social/@HonkHase" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@HonkHase</a> Ich denke in den USA hat das viel mit <a href="https://norden.social/tags/Objektivismus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Objektivismus</a> Theorie von <a href="https://norden.social/tags/AynRand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AynRand</a> zutun. <a href="https://norden.social/tags/LarryEllison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LarryEllison</a> und viele der tech Bros sind ja Fan von der Dame, die hier kaum bekannt ist. zB <a href="https://norden.social/tags/AtlasShrugged" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AtlasShrugged</a> <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_wirft_die_Welt_ab" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_wirft_die_Welt_ab</a>

Mark Gardner<a href="https://weatherishappening.network/@wordshaper" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@wordshaper</a> I’ve noticed more and more the un-Randian ideas that others attribute to <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/AynRand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AynRand</a>. They don’t bother to read the original sources or miss the main point because they already have their own beliefs.

Mark GardnerLast week's <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/AynRand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AynRand</a> Institute <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#podcast</a> interviewed Elan Journo and Onkar Ghate on US President <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s stance on the <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a>-Russia war, which led the latter to call Ukranian President <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/Zelensky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zelensky</a> a dictator and publicly berate him in the Oval Office.<a href="https://NewIdeal.AynRand.org/trumps-betrayal-of-ukraine-video/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://NewIdeal.AynRand.org/trumps-betrayal-of-ukraine-video/</a>Topics covered include <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#America</a>’s approach to the war, Trump’s amorality, his mindset towards <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Putin</a> and negotiation, when to negotiate with an aggressor, and the long-term consequences of America’s pro-<a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Russia</a> shift.

Mark Gardner<a href="https://mastodon.social/@ChristosArgyrop" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ChristosArgyrop</a> No, they’re reparations.And as it says in my profile, I’m not a <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/libertarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libertarian</a>.Before it comes up, let's also skip the “<a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/AynRand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AynRand</a> hypocritically collected <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialSecurity</a>” bit: <a href="https://NewIdeal.AynRand.org/what-gave-ayn-rand-the-moral-right-to-collect-social-security/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://NewIdeal.AynRand.org/what-gave-ayn-rand-the-moral-right-to-collect-social-security/</a>

Mark GardnerMike Mazza argues that Karl <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/Popper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Popper</a> was wrong to reject scientific induction in favor of merely disproving hypotheses: <a href="https://youtu.be/ad5KEuKz1a8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/ad5KEuKz1a8</a>Popper’s “falsificationism” claims <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a> differs from <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#religion</a> and pseudo-science in its rational *lack* of certainty. But this only serves to undercut the rationality of science!Lecture recorded live at <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/OCON" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OCON</a> 2024 on June 16 in Anaheim. Come to Boston this summer for OCON 2025! <a href="https://events.aynrand.org/ocon/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://events.aynrand.org/ocon/</a><a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#philosophy</a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/Objectivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Objectivism</a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/AynRand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AynRand</a>

Mark Gardner<a href="https://hoosier.social/@benfulton" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@benfulton</a> <a href="https://toot.community/@openculture" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@openculture</a> Oh, <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/AynRand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AynRand</a> realized there were incompetent and evil industrialists and businesspeople. Here's a list of such characters from <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/AtlasShrugged" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AtlasShrugged</a>:- James Taggart - Orren Boyle - Emma Chalmers - Lee Hunsacker - Paul Larkin - Eugene Lawson - Clifton Locey - Gerald and Ivy Starnes

Mark Gardner<a href="https://toot.community/@openculture" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@openculture</a> I'd rather read about <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/AynRand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AynRand</a> heroes than <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/FlanneryOConnor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FlanneryOConnor</a>’s grotesque characterizations.O'Connor, like most of her contemporaries and intellectuals since, probably didn't read Rand and instead parroted the repeated misrepresentations of a few ideological axe-grinders.<a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#literature</a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a>

Mark GardnerThe <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/AynRand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AynRand</a> Institute has launched the <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/AtlasCircle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AtlasCircle</a>. a collaboration between business leaders and thinkers who believe that <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#business</a> is a force for good, the <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#profit</a> motive is noble, and that <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> is the only *moral* social system.First up in a series of actionable guidance to challenges on the “ideological battlefield”:* Standing up to <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DEI</a> Activism: <a href="https://theatlascircle.substack.com/p/standing-up-to-dei-activism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theatlascircle.substack.com/p/standing-up-to-dei-activism</a>* Open Letter to Sundar Pichai and the <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Google</a> Team (on <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/antitrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antitrust</a>) <a href="https://theatlascircle.substack.com/p/open-letter-to-sundar-pichai-and" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theatlascircle.substack.com/p/open-letter-to-sundar-pichai-and</a>

Mark Gardner<a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/AynRand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AynRand</a>: The Biggest Threat to <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#America</a>: <a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=5aa9KDsL4-I" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/watch?v=5aa9KDsL4-I</a>

Mark Gardner<a href="https://atomicpoet.org/users/atomicpoet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@atomicpoet</a> I like Barbara Branden’s answer (as recounted by <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/AynRand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AynRand</a>) to the question: “What will happen to the poor in an <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/Objectivist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Objectivist</a> society?”“If *you* want to help them, you will not be stopped.”<a href="https://a.co/1UCeYwP" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://a.co/1UCeYwP</a>(Rand had nothing against voluntary giving but viewed it “as a marginal issue. What [she fought] is the idea that <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/charity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#charity</a> is a moral duty and a primary virtue.” <a href="https://a.co/aAXS385" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://a.co/aAXS385</a>)<a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#philosophy</a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ethics</a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/Objectivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Objectivism</a>

Mark Gardner“As for the present, I am not willing to surrender the world to the jerky contortions of self-inducedly brainless bodies with empty eye sockets, who perform, in stinking basements, the immemorial rituals of staving off terror, which are a dime a dozen in any jungle—and to the quavering witch doctors who call it ‘<a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#art</a>.’”<a href="https://a.co/16DxuMJ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://a.co/16DxuMJ</a>When I read this, I wondered if <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/AynRand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AynRand</a> had been to one of my old bands’ early gigs. 😉<a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/esthetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#esthetics</a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#philosophy</a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/Objectivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Objectivism</a>

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