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(Hotu wrote...) ''We know that all socialist societies will fail eventually, and that collectivism will prove to be a disaster (e.g. in my country). Therefore, thinking in a Darwinian fashion, where some philosophies die out and others, the fittest, survive, why couldn't Objectivism become THE choice?'' It will be the ONLY choice of whoever ...

(Hotu wrote...) ''You've presented a very good choice. To build a refuge for liberty.'' Hi Hotu, Yes. We (my wife and I) have already done that, but just as individuals, and not as a part of any group. If you wait for a group of others to secure liberty for you, you'll be dead before you ever see it. (H) ''In the same way that ...

(Hotu wrote...) ''I guess I did not understand what you meant by saying ''Objectivism IS American because it was BORN in this nation'' putting BORN in capital lettes. Do you mean that, other than its American origin, Objectivism is rather universal?'' Hi Hotu, By being born in America, I mean that Ayn Rand was here enjoying the freedoms ...

(Hotu wrote...) ''Indeed, some physicians become investigators and innovators. However, not all can or will be investigators.'' Hi Hotu, Of course not. I was only conjecturing what I thought Howard Roark would have been. (Ayn Rand wrote...) ''Good doctors and nurses are never unselfish. They had to be selfish to become competent at ...

(Hotu wrote...) ''I am going to be perhaps too simplistic about this, but when I meet people who claim to believe in a sort of impersonal God who/which exerts no direct intervention in our lives, I ask: If you cannot talk to your God If you will never ask God for input or advice for any action, for any decision you take in your life If ...

(Hotu wrote...) ''Objectivism has won the minds of the people all over the world.'' Hi Hotu, While that's true... America has won far more minds of paople all over the world... for millions have even risked their lives for the chance to enjoy the individual freedoms and financial opportunities of this nation. Being an American is ...

(Delayed flight wrote...) ''The main heroes of AS are honest businessmen who obtain wealth via legal means, i.e. they don't cheat on government. But how can Ayn Rand's philosophy be applied if government deals with businessmen who steal from their government by evading taxes, for example?'' If you imply that the government is decent and ...

Hi Hotu, I think that if Howard Roark was in the medical field, he would have been an innovator. He would have derived immense personal satisfaction from being absorbed in discovering new cures and pioneering new medical proceedures. Since the buildings he designed benefitted everyone who either looked at them or used them, in a likewise ...

(Dominique wrote...) ''But, perhaps, the simplest and most obvious statement I should have said first and foremost is that the proponent of Objectivism will not be in contraction with his own moral code if he chooses to help the disabled, since such a person can hardly be a bum or a looter, in most instances.'' I agree... The beauty of ...