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- 1Posted by mccannon01 5 minutes ago to Objective Ethics QuestionHoly smokes! I got down voted to zero for admitting I'm not perfect! Tragedy, LOL!
- 2Posted by AmericanWoman 6 minutes ago to IN THE MEME TYME 2/16/26 EDITION: MAGAzean No,11Always heard it said when moving to the mid-west "it's your east coast attitude" we get'er done!!
- 3Posted by AmericanWoman 8 minutes ago to IN THE MEME TYME 2/16/26 EDITION: MAGAzean No,11The older you get the less you have a turn off valve to the nonsense and speak you mind!
- 4Posted by AmericanWoman 13 minutes ago to Objective Ethics QuestionMost of what Catholicism teaches is not of Christian teaching actually. The Bible was never used in teaching from the age of 7 days till I realized the truth needed to be learned for my mind and was born again. Catholics approve of abortion just come to church and drop your $$$ in the basket, live and let live no matter what your choices are certainly proven by the recent "Popes"
- 5Posted by mccannon01 19 minutes ago to Objective Ethics Question"...Rand was an atheist, if memory serves me correctly" You are correct TT, but looking at many religions and their histories one could hardly blame her. I don't share her disbelief, but I can understand it for her circumstances.
- 6Posted by mccannon01 27 minutes ago to Objective Ethics QuestionSame. The Gulch - gotta like the neighborhood because of the neighbors!
- 7Posted by tutor-turtle 48 minutes ago to Objective Ethics QuestionAny Rand was an atheist, if memory serves me correctly.
Being a Christian, I can only pray she had a come to Jesus moment before her passing.
That said, I read Atlas Shrugged as the idealist fiction it was written as.
Yes, lots of parallelisms to the then current political situation and extrapolation of where it could ultimately lead.
In this regard she did prove very prophetic.
However, capitalism, like everything else in this life, does not exist in a vacuum.
We (not just the US) have a bad case of crony capitalism, market manipulation, currency manipulation, insider trading (particularly among our political so-called representatives with dual-citizenship no less!), slave-labor wages... she could not have possibly anticipated how AI and robotics could/would fundamentally transform manufacturing, eliminating whole classes of the labor force.
There can never be the ideal perfect capitalism Ayn Rand envisioned as long as humans are involved in that process.
Like our 250 year experiment in a Representational Constitutional Republic government, while it may not be perfect, capitalism is the best mechanism man has come up with so far. - 8Posted by tutor-turtle 1 hour, 8 minutes ago to IN THE MEME TYME 2/16/26 EDITION: MAGAzean No,1199% of people miss about the epstein saga, is the 99% of his evil doings:
The financial end.
Here is a guy who was poorly educated, (he was a substitute teacher immediately before his meteoric rise to finical wizard).
Then, out-of-the-blue, he is this financial wizard that Wall Street and the City of London, who won't make a move without consulting him.
Is no-one connecting these dots?
The lurid aspects of epstein saga are nothing more than the everyday commonalities among the financial elite, the politicians, the Hollywood weirdoes, (the wanna-be's of all the above mentioned)
Nothing new under the sun here.
What is being given a "Good Leaving Alone" is what was his role on Wall Street? In the City of London?
Crickets, Crickets, Crickets, Crickets. - 9Thank you. Having access to The Gulch is very important to me.
- 10Posted by $ BornSovereign 1 hour, 38 minutes ago to Most politicians favor democracy over our "Constitutional Republic".Yes, absolutely! In addition everyone, specially politicians, should watch this 10 minute video - https://youtu.be/jJEuZrvNYg0
- 11Posted by mccannon01 3 hours, 42 minutes ago to Objective Ethics QuestionGlad you stayed on, dino! All civil discussion should be allowed here.
- 12Posted by mccannon01 3 hours, 53 minutes ago to Objective Ethics Question"I am charitable because I want to be..." Yes and being charitable is a good thing if you can be, but it must be personally decided, not by force.
- 13Posted by mccannon01 4 hours, 5 minutes ago to Objective Ethics QuestionNumerous "Christian" religions that brought the inquisition or witch burning or other means to assert their power to get people to grovel and sacrifice themselves on an altar they provide is far from where Christianity began. I don't think Jesus would approve. With that said, it looks like Christianity may be slowly rediscovering its roots as you point out in your last paragraph.
- 14Posted by mccannon01 4 hours, 23 minutes ago to Objective Ethics QuestionI must admit I haven't read ALL of it cover to cover, but I've certainly read a good deal of it along with other related works.
- 15Posted by Abaco 13 hours, 37 minutes ago to Objective Ethics QuestionThat's different than sacrificing your happiness. I am charitable because I want to be, which is different - I think. I've gotten into arguments with Catholics on this - compulsory giving being how I see their prescribed altruism. But, maybe we're splitting hairs. All you need to get to heaven, according to the Bible, is to believe. "...whosoever believeth in him...". Faith. Nothing else.
Speaking of religion...I heard just recently that only one woman is mentioned in the entire Quran. Mary. I found that interesting. - 16Posted by $ Olduglycarl 13 hours, 57 minutes ago to IN THE MEME TYME 2/16/26 EDITION: MAGAzean No,11Blushing, your words hit me surprised. It's really not that good but it is True and Honest,
Glad you appreciate the attempt. - 17Posted by katrinam41 15 hours, 24 minutes ago to IN THE MEME TYME 2/16/26 EDITION: MAGAzean No,11So delighted to see your latest MAGAzean issue, ouc. It reads better than, makes so much more sense than, has great humor compared to those MSM turds. In fact, there is no comparison between excellence and crap. If there was a Pulitzer prize for actual news backed by common sense I would nominate you :)
- 18Rational self interest could be construed as: Rational Celf interest: Every cell in the body is responsible for it's own survival (and happiness relating to this question); so once those conditions are satisfied, the Value is always (automatically) passed on.
Passing on Value is done unconsciously by one that has taken care of self first. But what many have done Consciously probably was at the risk of sacrifice or aggrandizement . . . sometimes both! - 19Posted by $ Olduglycarl 16 hours, 53 minutes ago to Most politicians favor democracy over our "Constitutional Republic".Can't argue with you here. I'll just add that not only have they not read Plato, but they haven't read, (or understood) Our constitution either!
- 20Posted by $ Olduglycarl 16 hours, 59 minutes ago to IN THE MEME TYME 2/16/26 EDITION: MAGAzean No,11Some of what you think is childish is just OLD AGE!
Take it from me!
LMAO - 21Me dino came in late due to having company over today.
I was a Christian before I read Atlas Shrugged, all the while I read it and remained so after I added it to my book collection. Why did I read it? Have a brother, an ex-Catholic Protestant just like me, who Christmas gifted me with all 3 Atlas Shrugged DVDs which I also added to my DVD collection. I view Ayn Rand as someone special to both study and listen to. Save for one thing.
When I landed a month over 12 years ago, Christians were spoken of like idiots here. It inspired me to select Allosaurus for a moniker which means "different lizard." Thought it best to keep my mouth shut at first. There was a lot to learn that did not pertain to religion. Then someone started a discussion entitled "What Is Easter?" or something close to that. A brand new female member mentioned going to church. She was quite harshly insulted. I lost my temper and threw a hissy fit at the insulter. Powers that be deleted everything I wrote and I expected to be tossed off this board. Just about all of 12 years ago. Oh, well . . . - 22Posted by Commander 18 hours, 52 minutes ago to IN THE MEME TYME 2/16/26 EDITION: MAGAzean No,11Survivor: Brutality Live
- 23Posted by $ Olduglycarl 19 hours, 12 minutes ago to IN THE MEME TYME 2/16/26 EDITION: MAGAzean No,11No rules, last one standing gets a pardon.
Waiting for the first season's episode to start! - 24Posted by $ Olduglycarl 19 hours, 16 minutes ago to IN THE MEME TYME 2/16/26 EDITION: MAGAzean No,11The Bluster is on purpose, not genetic but poking others so we see them in new light, also, part of the NYC survival behavior.
Lots of NYC kritters end up here at the CT shoreline every summer. We Know them well. - 25Posted by CaptainKirk 19 hours, 51 minutes ago to Objective Ethics QuestionWhile not exactly stated, I just assumed you could do a simple pigeon holing process between:
A) Rational Self-Interest
B) Irrational Self-Interest
The latter exemplifying the destruction of others, or other peoples properties, in seeking your own "self-interest". Profiting on a VAXX that you knew would increase mortality, decrease birth rates, and lead to more cancers and Excess deaths for years to come...
While you could argue it's all in your self-interest, I believe it is irrational to do so. Because eventually, if EVERYONE acted that way, your family/friends and even yourself may end up being a victim...
And if it doesn't work globally for others because what it does to you, then I believe that is where it becomes Irrational.
It seemed obvious to me, so I never thought about. Now that I have. I had to play with it a bit... To end up where I just stated.
Interesting.