Capitalism, an economic system which itself is fueled by private property, an open market and the profit motive, is one pillar of a freer, saner, more productive society.
Nothing is perfect. The best imperfect we can hope for is one that understands this. Our Forfathers knew this. IDK what else to say. The written documents show everything . You can see it for yourself.
Ayn Rand's masterpiece, "Atlas Shrugged", I did fid lying on a ledge in a hall at The University of Baltimore in 1999... I passed it by for over a week and was pulled towards it and told myself, If it's still there on Friday I'll take it as a freebie. I picked up that book, as a liberal and put it down 2 weeks later as a conservative. It saved my mind. I'm a Libertarian now. I believe in God with my whole heart. But Ayn Ran got 99% everything else right. She was a genius.
My Grandmother gave me a copy of Atlas Shrugged when I was around 27. I hated it at first and I remember throwing it across the room but I kept coming back and by the end I was committed to learning her philosophy in every detail. I've been at it 30 years and I'm still not there but to say it has changed my life is an understatement.
War does suck and it seems evil but it does sometimes equal what is proper and right if you desire honesty. You will never be allowed to be honest if you feel afraid of controversy.
Very interesting. But maybe the psychological foundation of peaceful countries is a nonviolent childhood as our peace researcher Franz Jedlicka explains in his articles - and in his ebook "The forgotten Peace Formula". Secondly it is nonviolence against women - their protection from domestic violence (as Valerie Hudson et. al. explains in her books). It is all about a culture of peace that must start in the families (and which does neither exist in Russia nor in Palestine).
Weapons don't walk around starting wars on their own. People in governments decide to start wars, because they think something can be gained by initiating force.
A mixed economy is a mixture of freedom and controls. As the world's freer economies become more and more controlled, there's a shrinking degree of difference between Western nations and Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran, who want to control all aspects of a person's life. Israel-along with every other Western state-can not have the moral rectitude to fight to win. As long as Israel is a religious state and, more importantly, a regulatory state, as long as it does not *explicitly* reject the initiation of force against its own citizens which is today's mixed economy, it can't in honesty fight to win in defense of freedom, individual rights, and civilization. "People have no right to force their idea by initiating the use of physical force." From regulation to the slaughter of civilians-it's the same principle.
Envy, greed, gluttony, sloth, lust, pride, wrath Thats why systems don't work..The seven deadly sins are in humans. Communism of the Top Eleists live this way. The top are greedy in any system. 😮😮😮
Your complex theories about the dynamics and morality at play would likely be abandoned if you were the one under threat. I can assure you that you'd be calling for swift and immediate action to restore a sense of security instead of contemplating philosophical theories.
@@bingbong3643 Israel has no official religion, but it defines itself as "the nation-state and sovereign homeland of the Jewish people." Israelis of any or no religion are freer there than anywhere else in the mideast, but there's still no explicit understanding of the concept of individual rights, and that's true for every regulatory state.
In a sound bite. She suggested that in certain circumstances a nation of free people could even have a moral duty of nuclear strikes against another nation bend on their destruction. If you know its inevitable they attack and may succeed in their evil, and you don't eliminate them with everything you have invented and created to stop such a thing, then you are irrational and act against reason.
What Ayn Rand probably couldn't imagine is that capitalism has the potential of developing an amount of inequality that can trigger wars, civil wars and guerilla wars.
Capitalism, an economic system, does not fuel equality of outcome, which human extinction is one such outcome. Capitalism by itself does not even lead to the respect of individual rights. Although very often, the less capitalist the society, the less individual rights tend to be respected.
@@mannyjeanpierre4062 Maybe it is a question of definition whether it is inequality or not if a CEO in the US earns 400 times more than an average worker or employee. Let alone the accumulation of capital with the elite.
earning differences isn't inequality. CEO brings in more value so they're compensated accordingly. An average worker is bringing in an average value@@MendeMaria-ej8bf
Capitalism is the private ownership over the means of production. It means your property is yours, and you can use your property however you want. People will use their property differently, which will lead to different outcomes. Where there's freedom, there's different outcomes, i.e. inequality. And that's ok, since equality can only be achieved by force. You're free to pursue being a teacher, an electrician, a psychologist, or a CEO, whatever you want. All these jobs get paid differently, and that's ok.
This woman is so overrated. It's idealistic and has no grasp of the true causes of war, which are part of historical and sociological studies since Macchiavello's real politik. Is not a merely ideological thing, even if that infantile idea seems legit. The causes are never about people wrongly thinking about good vs evil, even if that is a natural part of war. Hearing to Ayn is like hearing a kindergarden teacher telling you what a good utopia the world would be if everyone were good people. It's so superficial that I really don't think any cultured person could hear this without their eyer rolling out.
𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗪𝗮𝗿 𝗘𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁? 𝗜𝘀 𝗜𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲? War exists because the universe is made up of two opposing forces: reception and bestowal. When these forces do not enter into a balance, then they short circuit and try to destroy each other. That mutual effort of each side to eliminate the other is war. The root cause of war is in the clash of these opposite forces of nature: reception and bestowal. That clash of spiritual forces gives rise to wars that unfold in our material world. Therefore, stopping war at its source requires developing a regulating sense that has the ability to bestow above our innate force of reception, which are our self-serving desires that aim solely at absorbing into ourselves. In the language of Kabbalah, that bestowing sense is called a “screen” (Heb. “Masach”). Through this new regulating sense, we can acquire a state of positive and balanced human connection. That is the key to a war-free, harmonious and peaceful existence.
Capitalism, an economic system which itself is fueled by private property, an open market and the profit motive, is one pillar of a freer, saner, more productive society.
SOCIALISM IS STATE SLAVERY
Nothing is perfect.
The best imperfect we can hope for is one that understands this.
Our Forfathers knew this.
IDK what else to say.
The written documents show everything . You can see it for yourself.
@@troyalcorn1184 well said.
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Capitalism is fuelled by private property and is based on profit. The defence industry is very profitable and successful if the wars exists.
Prescient. Respect and admiration for her insight. 👏
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Ayn Rand's masterpiece, "Atlas Shrugged", I did fid lying on a ledge in a hall at The University of Baltimore in 1999... I passed it by for over a week and was pulled towards it and told myself, If it's still there on Friday I'll take it as a freebie. I picked up that book, as a liberal and put it down 2 weeks later as a conservative. It saved my mind. I'm a Libertarian now. I believe in God with my whole heart. But Ayn Ran got 99% everything else right. She was a genius.
My Grandmother gave me a copy of Atlas Shrugged when I was around 27. I hated it at first and I remember throwing it across the room but I kept coming back and by the end I was committed to learning her philosophy in every detail. I've been at it 30 years and I'm still not there but to say it has changed my life is an understatement.
As always, amazing perception on the dynamics of a social phenomenon, such that the words given then are still true today.
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Well said 👏
Wow she was a bit of a genius. Her words could never be truer today.
War does suck and it seems evil but it does sometimes equal what is proper and right if you desire honesty.
You will never be allowed to be honest if you feel afraid of controversy.
Very interesting. But maybe the psychological foundation of peaceful countries is a nonviolent childhood as our peace researcher Franz Jedlicka explains in his articles - and in his ebook "The forgotten Peace Formula". Secondly it is nonviolence against women - their protection from domestic violence (as Valerie Hudson et. al. explains in her books). It is all about a culture of peace that must start in the families (and which does neither exist in Russia nor in Palestine).
This is not knowledge ( science ) but timed truth as reason...
All of that is true
What about selling of weapons?
WEAPONS IS HUMAN BRILLIANCE GONE BAD
DETROIT IS EXAMPLE OF WEAPONS IN HANDS OF LOW INTELLIGENCE COCKS
Weapons don't walk around starting wars on their own. People in governments decide to start wars, because they think something can be gained by initiating force.
Real name- Ayna Randon.
Alissa Rosenbaum if I recall correctly
A mixed economy is a mixture of freedom and controls.
As the world's freer economies become more and more controlled, there's a shrinking degree of difference between Western nations and Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran, who want to control all aspects of a person's life.
Israel-along with every other Western state-can not have the moral rectitude to fight to win.
As long as Israel is a religious state and, more importantly, a regulatory state, as long as it does not *explicitly* reject the initiation of force against its own citizens which is today's mixed economy, it can't in honesty fight to win in defense of freedom, individual rights, and civilization.
"People have no right to force their idea by initiating the use of physical force."
From regulation to the slaughter of civilians-it's the same principle.
Envy, greed, gluttony, sloth, lust, pride, wrath Thats why systems don't work..The seven deadly sins are in humans. Communism of the Top Eleists live this way. The top are greedy in any system. 😮😮😮
Your complex theories about the dynamics and morality at play would likely be abandoned if you were the one under threat.
I can assure you that you'd be calling for swift and immediate action to restore a sense of security instead of contemplating philosophical theories.
Imagine calling Israel a religious State. Lol
@@bingbong3643
Israel has no official religion, but it defines itself as "the nation-state and sovereign homeland of the Jewish people." Israelis of any or no religion are freer there than anywhere else in the mideast, but there's still no explicit understanding of the concept of individual rights, and that's true for every regulatory state.
@@volition51 That’s not a theocracy like you originally claimed. Which was my point. I knew you knew better.
those are some pretty rose colored spectacles she has on.
In a sound bite. She suggested that in certain circumstances a nation of free people could even have a moral duty of nuclear strikes against another nation bend on their destruction. If you know its inevitable they attack and may succeed in their evil, and you don't eliminate them with everything you have invented and created to stop such a thing, then you are irrational and act against reason.
What Ayn Rand probably couldn't imagine is that capitalism has the potential of developing an amount of inequality that can trigger wars, civil wars and guerilla wars.
capitalism doesn't develop inequality it helps to get rid of it
Capitalism, an economic system, does not fuel equality of outcome, which human extinction is one such outcome. Capitalism by itself does not even lead to the respect of individual rights. Although very often, the less capitalist the society, the less individual rights tend to be respected.
@@mannyjeanpierre4062 Maybe it is a question of definition whether it is inequality or not if a CEO in the US earns 400 times more than an average worker or employee. Let alone the accumulation of capital with the elite.
earning differences isn't inequality. CEO brings in more value so they're compensated accordingly. An average worker is bringing in an average value@@MendeMaria-ej8bf
Capitalism is the private ownership over the means of production. It means your property is yours, and you can use your property however you want.
People will use their property differently, which will lead to different outcomes. Where there's freedom, there's different outcomes, i.e. inequality. And that's ok, since equality can only be achieved by force.
You're free to pursue being a teacher, an electrician, a psychologist, or a CEO, whatever you want. All these jobs get paid differently, and that's ok.
This woman is so overrated. It's idealistic and has no grasp of the true causes of war, which are part of historical and sociological studies since Macchiavello's real politik. Is not a merely ideological thing, even if that infantile idea seems legit. The causes are never about people wrongly thinking about good vs evil, even if that is a natural part of war. Hearing to Ayn is like hearing a kindergarden teacher telling you what a good utopia the world would be if everyone were good people. It's so superficial that I really don't think any cultured person could hear this without their eyer rolling out.
𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗪𝗮𝗿 𝗘𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁? 𝗜𝘀 𝗜𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲?
War exists because the universe is made up of two opposing forces: reception and bestowal. When these forces do not enter into a balance, then they short circuit and try to destroy each other. That mutual effort of each side to eliminate the other is war.
The root cause of war is in the clash of these opposite forces of nature: reception and bestowal. That clash of spiritual forces gives rise to wars that unfold in our material world.
Therefore, stopping war at its source requires developing a regulating sense that has the ability to bestow above our innate force of reception, which are our self-serving desires that aim solely at absorbing into ourselves. In the language of Kabbalah, that bestowing sense is called a “screen” (Heb. “Masach”). Through this new regulating sense, we can acquire a state of positive and balanced human connection.
That is the key to a war-free, harmonious and peaceful existence.