“...a very demeaning tone, a very selfish, unkind expression of the free enterprise system; may I say, a godless (atheistic) expression.”
Well, Objectivism is indeed godless and very selfish. Ayn Rand’s philosophy was built around the fact that “Selfishness is a virtue.”
The opposite of selfish is selfless, the very thing all shades of tyrants love most—that’s why they preach it, and even demand it.
What, individual freedom is based in self-sacrifice, in so-called selflessness?
To be without self is to be room temperature.
Humans are born selfish and they will all die selfish. We cannot survive if we cannot act in our own best interests.
There’s nothing magical about capitalism—it’s two people trading for completely selfish reasons, and it’s one of the most beautiful things that humans can do, as evidenced by the success of humans in this country.
“Humans are born selfish and they will all die selfish. We cannot survive if we cannot act in our own best interests.