And there is no real example of a product like Plasmids that could really cause the same effect in real life, Since they are clearly on a different level to modern drugs

not perfectly equivilant, but not too dissimilar

his anti-socialist rhetoric was spot on, but those weren't the only people he was referring to when he spat out slurs against the 'parasite'

he correctly surmised that the unity of a people bound by a nation state was incompatible with his 'great chain' social construct

Well he essentially believed that all people should only be dependent on themselves which is why he opposed the social safety net

and though its not explicitly spelled out, it can't be questioned he's a very 'taxation is theft' kinda guy

Well in Rapture i don't actually think there were taxes

I think he got rid of them

'sweat of the brow' and whatnot

yeah no, he figured the only required form of economic circulation was employment and consumerism

with no oversight of wage or prices whatsoever

wait what, what happend to the entire 'free markets help the middle class' narrative?

Well he isn't completely wrong economically, Most of the economy can run itself due to the invisible hand of the market

true enough, but then there's the inevitable question of who pays for universal requirements, like maintenance, or in this case, oxygen

and with who's money

*indentured servitude intensifies*

Well Ayn Rand supported the idea of voluntary taxation for it, Although i don't know how it would really work practically

the planting of Arcadia forest solved the latter problem, with admitance by fee shoring up a tidy profit, but there was also heating the pipes to keep them from freezing and bursting

Its the whole idea of self interest again though, The idea is that people would support these projects like maintenance with their own money because it is in their own self interest to have them done

ofcourse, as far as Rand was concerned, the right people were rational and logical, obviously they'd pay for that

Presumably the same would be expected to occur with Hospitals and Infrastructure and whatnot

until you run into people who are more convinced its in their best interest to invest that money in their other pursuits instead of a common project

afterall, what assurance can anyone, fictional or real, give that self-interest won't evolve into petty self-indulgeance if left unchecked

To be fair though it would work to an extent in Rapture because if your business started flooding or running out of oxygen for example it would be in your interest to use your money to fix it, I think it all comes down to your opinion on Human Nature

would not happen as these people would be rational to a fault

if it happened in a business that'd be a no brainer, not what I was referring to

how about a transit tunnel

or one of the hundreds of conntecting tubes

bathyspheres?

Again it would be the idea of self interest because it would effect Business workers and owners since it could make it harder to get to and from your business or home

The theory is that everyone would be rational enough to know what things they needed to collectively fund for the interest of everyone

everyone, more likely themselves though

but then you have to acknowledge a collective good, in an environment created based purely on pure individual innovation

Well funding it would be a collective good even Strong Individualists know that funding infrastructure would benefit the community as well as the individual but i presume the idea would be that everyone would be funding it out of their own interest instead of out of altruism towards the community

that hair-split difference is rarely if ever that clear in practice as it is on paper

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and then, again, there was Ryan denying anyone from leaving Rapture, in order to maintain its clandestine nature

Theoretically people could be doing it out of either reason so it wouldn't completely clash with individualism

which turned public opinion, as well as their collective interest, into simply leaving the place, and not maintaining it

I don't think banning any exit from Rapture would actually be supported by Objectivists realistically. I think that is part of his 'Parasite' philosophy though because if you could come and go it could be abused by people taking from Rapture but not giving anything back.

So it's just not facebook then.

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