Thursday, April 10, 2008

Objectivism in Relation to Communism?

M. McGregor says:
"Ironically, objectivism is somewhat similar to communism. It sounds good on paper, but once you bring human nature and basic reality into account, it falls apart. What does someone like Stephen Hawking do in an objectivist society? Well you'll never know, at least not if you read Goodkind's books (I could never get through anything Ayn Rand ever wrote), because people who actually NEED help do not exist. Every person is supremely capable of supporting themselves and their families, if only they were attempt to do so. Anyone on public assistance due to a disability or sickness is a lazy faker. There is not a single actually injured or disabled person in the society."
Perhaps Goodkind intended something entirely different than pure entertainment in his Sword of Truth series.

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