re: #4 jamesfirecat

“Empathy leads you to very bad decisions many times.”

“Whenever anyone wants others to do their work they call upon their Altruism. “Never mind your own needs,” they say, “Think of the needs of… of whoever. Of the state. Of the poor. Of the Army, of the King. Of God.” The list goes on and on. How many catastrophes were launched with the words “Think of yourself?” It’s the king and country crowd who light the torch of destruction.”

Glenn Beck needs to stop getting his talking points from Bioshock…

Interesting fact about bioshock; parts were influenced by Ayn Rand’s book “Atlans Shrugged”:

en.wikipedia.org

In the videogame Bioshock, heavily influenced by Atlas Shrugged, the phrase “Who is Atlas?” is scrawled on many walls throughout the game world. Atlas is, in-game, a persona adopted by the main antagonist of the game to conceal his identity.