Making it misguided

You are not dealing with reality

@Greasy Altruism is a school of philosophy

Its what Rand called evasion

So there os a point

evasion is the most horrible thing one can do in life

you either accept that altruism is selfless, or you assume a human is incapable of acting selflessly. there is no middle ground and it changes little whichever side you pick

Rand said

Dealing with reality is vital

Charity isn't inherently selfish, altruism is because you're building an ideology around your own goodness. You embody it personally to fill an inner void.

You should be charitable when necessary and when it makes sense to be so

Constructing a philosophical identity from it is just narcissistic

charity is altruistic, yes?

@Greasy Yes but altruism isn't charity

then some altruistic actions are selfless, yes?

or at least not bad for being altruistic

No, because the starting point is different

In altruism you start from "I am a good person"

Selfishness is good

You do not have a right to demand charity of me by the threat of violence

With normal charity you start from "this person needs help"

I. A good person

The best way to help people is with true capitalism

We do not have capitalism today.

this is what I mean when I say it's impossible to argue such a point. the only difference is your own conception of what the word's inner nuance is, and there's no real meaning in fighting for such obviously mundane points

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@Greasy That would be true if it were just a word and not a school of philosophy

that phrase you just uttered, that has no meaning

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Yeah, okay

Phad is super autistic

Don't worry about the dumb shit he says

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@NinjaQuick Or maybe I'm just smarter than you

yeah, I tried to interact before. got him marked in notes as "semantics" now.

autism is superpower you dumb fucks

can sit here all day and play the semantic philosopher game, or you could actually try to discuss issues of human experience and societal function - like philosophers must surely be supposed to.

Phad you're pretty fucking stupid though

You sound like a post modernist phad

Mired in semantics