re: #77 jamesfirecat

Most of her followers seem to take Ayn Rand that way, and at a certain point what someone’s followers believe over takes what the person actually said in maters of importance…

There has been a rift among Objectivists. As usually happens once the Philosopher has died.

One has to remember that Ayn Rand came from Communist Russia and take her work as the work of a Cold War contemporary.

The ideas don’t translate smoothly into our Brave New World.

There is nothing wrong with being prosperous and wanting to enjoy one’s prosperity. Wanting to do it specifically at the expense of others is wrong.

The idea that the pie is only so big and that taking one’s cut means you are depriving another is the crux of the issue, IMHO. I think it has to do with one’s concept of wealth and the limit one places on their own ability to create wealth.