"i'm not a randian objectivist" "why are you letting the group influence you" ...

jim doesn't know what a randian objectivist is

yikes

I don't know what that is either.

But.. that's okay. I didn't use the term in a sentence.

you've never read any of ayn rand's work?

No.

This must be a troll

read at least one of her books, the term will make sense if you do

I really don't like reading books.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectivism_(Ayn_Rand)

There you go

Fun times!

that works too

its like individualism +1

I had to be a troll because I didn't know "randian objectivist"?

Also lots of Aristotle

it's parallel to being a cartesian skeptic

really closed minded loops of thought

@velvitonator

Clear a path, serf

Ayn Rand was an interesting thinker. I think her worldview was a bit off but she certainly is influential and has compelling arguments.

People usually know that Objectivism is the Ayn Rand philosophy thing in these circles

Whether you like it or don't

So Jim had nothing... not surprising

So I am surprised

Nope. Nada.

Is this arthropod speaking to me.

lefties love to hate on rand

But, feel free to read up--it'll probably come up again

i see jim as a guy that's shadowboxing but refuses to admit that there's no opponent there to actually fight

overtly paranoid

The tl;dr we gave is a fair high-levle view

her rational selfishness was the perfect argument for free markets

Rands most known for Atlas Shrugged

Ayn Rand tried to make a Grand Unified individualistic philosophy based on Aristotle

it did more to explain the reduction of poverty under a system that was supposedly so selfish, capitalism, than virtually any economist was able to do

that is quite an achievement

How well it succeeds, well, dpeends on who you ask

Self-described Objectivists tend to think it's at least largely, if not entirely, successful

yeah i mean i find objectivism does have some very usefull compelling arguments