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Finally, she and some of her followers are often perceived as being dogmatic, frequently ignoring published criticism of the system instead of responding to it. This is in part because many of them were young people excited by her novels and unlearned in philosophy; such people are not often aware of the complexities of their subject and prone to construe disagreement as ignorance. Furthermore, many of her supporters would not permit modifications or additions to her philosophical system, leading some to label Rand as a cult leader.

>>59
"The problem with regarding reason as absolute is that human reason is faulty. We tend to jump to false conclusions, make sweeping generalizations and engage in magical thinking."

Well, that's not using reason, now is it? O_@;
Reason isn't faulty when you know how to use it. One plus one equals two, for example. Shifting plates in the Earth's crust cause earthquakes. Now was that so hard?
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Look, all any philosophy is for is to give people some form of satisfaction or happiness. Living in a system such as America's where effort is rewarded and laziness is not, makes me happy, and I'm sure people who don't like to make an effort to make their lives any better feel the opposite. If life was meant for anything, it sure as hell wasn't to be composed of handouts.
Objectivist ideas are just my way of being encouraged toward what I want out of life. That's it.
I really don't give a damn how bad other people fuck up their own lives, they choose to let themselves go on in those circumstances out of depression caused by their circumstances rather then being driven to make them better, and that makes them idiots. It's a sad state to be in, but not one ultimately to be pitied. They come and they go, that's all their life is to em, so the hell with em... Am I an insensitive jerk, or what? :3
I mean yeah, if people could pursuade allllllll of those people to be driven, then yeah, the world would be a better place, and more power to you for trying... but good luck.

>>60
Once again, you are attacking not her philosophy, but her personally. You can't judge a damn book by the person that wrote it. I mean hell, Tookie Williams wrote childrens' books.