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"Any collaboration between two men (or groups) who hold different basic principles, it is the more evil or irrational one who wins... ...The rational (the good) have nothing to gain from the irrational (the evil), except a share of its failures and crimes; the irrational has everything to gain from...
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If you are interested in gaining a deeper, fuller understanding of Ayn Rand’s contributions to Aristotelianism, I recommend reading: The Journals of Ayn Rand edited by David Harriman (especially her entries that reference her work on The Fountainhead & Atlas Shrugged, which after reading those...
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Some shows that many people would devour would are shows about: 1) Intellectual Property - valid or not? I live in China, actually, and I buy "pirated" dvd's often. Should I stop? Do they own that arrangment of "0"s and "1"s on MY plastic disk? I suppose you would not...
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I posted this on my blog, but would like to get feedback from the members of this forum to help me refine my argument. After weeks of debating this subject I am ready to better define my philosophy. I am no longer an Objectivist because I do not support the idea of a government with a monopoly of protection...
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Hey everyone, I have been listening to Freedomain radio and watching Stefan's videos on YouTube for nearly a year now. My girlfriend (sw33tlibery) recently joined this message board in hopes of finding similar minded people to help her with some issues she is dealing with. I have to thank all of...
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Libertarian is a rather broad label, at least nowadays. Rand was a minarchist as per her defense of government in "The Nature of Government" (reprinted in The Virtue of Selfishness ). For a criticism of that essay, see Roy Childs' "Objectivism and the State: An Open Letter to Ayn Rand"...
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cogito: Hello and welcome :) What part of britain are you from? I noticed you've read ayn rand, so you've probably already heard of www.mises.org (people seem to flutter from one to other), but in case you hadn't I thought I should reccomend it. Even more podcasts and articles, as if freedomain...
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sutible4livestok: Citars are amazing, and far too complicated for me to learn, i prefer simple strings like basses and guitars I love Sitars also
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If a friend is banned from the site, how can he possibly stop the emails coming from the site? He gets like 8-12 emails from freedomainradio but can't stop it...Also, why is his post up without his authority. I know he was not an anarchist, but he should be able to have his posts removed. As an Anarchist...
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Christina and I tackle one of the greatest challenges of Rand's fiction - her preference for the rough stuff. For silver+ http://freedomainradio.com/board/files/folders/silver_podcasts/entry74281.aspx http://freedomainradio.com/board/files/folders/silver_podcasts/entry74282.aspx