The Influence of Ayn Rand on American Society...

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As an outsider, it seems a curious anomaly to me that the America which was so disapproving of anything Russian in the decades that Rand was writing tolerated her stuff as much as they did, and in some cases lionised it. Her russian origins tended to get deleted out by the proponents of her "objectivism" - which wasn't objective but politically motivated.

Well, actually countries that work with the Nordic Model of a BALANCED MIX Of Free Market Capitalism and Social Welfare are among the healthiest scored societies in economic health in the world.

These societies are based both on the merit of individual contributions to the society as well as sharing the wealth so everyone will have an opportunity to make the merit of their individual contribution to society.

It works great per the link below.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_model

Objectivism, generally speaking, is more a result of a sick society that makes sick humans in ways of emotional imbalance PER DEFICITS IN human empathy.

Human beings for the MOST PART ARE EMPATHIC CREATURES, OR AT LEAST BORN THAT WAY.

EVEN BONOBOS CARE FOR THE TRIBE AS WELL AS THEIR OWN.

SOME FOLKS DON'T HAVE IT, BUT THEY AND MS. RAND ARE FAR far in the minority.

YES, AND OFTEN THE WELL OFF MINORITY IN COLD HEARTED MATERIAL AND DOLLAR WAYS.

And obviously someone who spends their life filling up their HEART/soul with material go(O)ds never LIKELY finds the bottom of balance of simply being happy to be here on the planet and share with ALL others IN THE TRIBE like FRIGGING HUMAN BEINGS HAVE DONE GOING ON A MILLION YEARS, until they got sick, IN PART, AS A SOCIETY, in the head and body per emotional/physical imbalance.

And that's just a fact.

Scientific research shows that empirical measures of human empathy in college age adults have decreased by around 30 percent in the last several decades.

AND ANOTHER FACT IS SATISFACTION EXISTS IN HUMAN SHARING, FRIENDS, AND HEART INSTEAD OF THINGS.

SCIENCE bears this out too per social connection as the number one source of Human Happiness.

And duh, to socially cooperate means to be a social animal, and that's just Zoology 101.

THIS IS CLEAR AND EVIDENT INDICATORS OF AN UNHEALTHY SOCIETY.

AND, I think, MS RAND WOULD LIKELY BE PROUD OF IT, INSANELY SO, per way of an emotionally unbalanced mind.

Yeah, and I know as I have lived in both places well.

And I know for myself that the real WELL PLACE IS IN MY MIND AND BODY PER HEART AND CONNECTIONS TO ALL OTHER HUMAN BEINGS.

BUT NOT COLD HARD METAL, COINS OR CASH.

My uncle has millions and is never satisfied, as he can master money but no NOT his mind and body.

And I just smile and go on in bliss, as I know IT, YES, BLISS IS truly in human being mind and body and can be mastered by those FOLKS WHO INNATELY, INSTINCTUALLY AND INTUITIVELY LEARN how to practice and affectively effectively JUST DO IT.

Yeah, it's Just in my mind and body balance mastered by relative free will BUT CONNECTION TOO, WITH ALL OTHERS TOO, IN CARING AND SHARING WAYS, LIKE OUR REAL HUMAN ANCESTORS AND MANY FOLKS STILL do TODAY.

AND TO REUVYN AS I DO HAVE CLOSE TO A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY FOR WORDS, ONE TIME you asked Alex how you could get into some photos with beautiful girls.

Well, I can show you how it's done, and if you don't believe I can, I have irrefutable evidence established just yesterday in one quick reference page, publicly available in blog way.

I have 120 photos with at least 150 gorgeous different girls, that evidence that as true in irrefutable fact just since last spring, as I totally recovered from 19 documented illnesses.

AND MY WIFE IS THE MOST GORGEOUS OF ALL OF THEM, still age 44, and yes I can prove that too.

But you see it isn't money or even good looks that does it, AND HELL NO, NOT ANY MATERIAL ITEMS AT ALL, it is skill in human connection in the REAL DANCE AND SONG OF LIFE, WITH EVERYONE.

DOING IT JUST WITH MY FAMILY WOULD BE FRIGGING BORING, AS IT SHOULD BE FOR MOTIVATION TO GET OUT AND CONNECT to others too for unlimited TRUE BLISS IN LIFE AS INNATELY MOST OF US ARE BORN TO SHARE AND DO IN EMPATHIC WAYS.

I THINK MS RAND WAS A SAD AND UNFORTUNATE creature, perhaps one of the most disadvantaged creatures in the entire Universe to actually believe and live a life with an empty heart/soul like that, as yeah, again, been there and done both places, in REAL hell and heaven.

People in real literal hell have no idea what real literal heaven in life, now, is like; AGAIN BEEN THERE DONE BOTH PLACES SO I do know what the literal heaven and hell I am talking about.

I hope one day or lifetime they will, however that may work, as I only focus on NOW, and am 'KILLING IT' every step of life in NOW as WAY OF NOW.

AND YES I'm financially independent too, not because I like money, but because I do not need it to be happy.

My father loved it and died with about a third of what I saved with a 28-year head start.

And his average income was twice as much as mine.

He asked me how the hell did you do that, and I said it was very simple; I didn't NEED to spend it.

Yes, the most valuable commodity in the entire world IS MASTERY OVER ONE'S OWN MIND, AND NOT WORRYING ABOUT OWNING ANYTHING AT ALL AS ONE KNOWS WITH THIS WAY OF LIFE, THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE WHAT REALLY COUNTS IN LIFE AND ALWAYS HAVE; AGAIN IN mastery over their own mind and body in simple social animal balance.

It's hard for most rockets scientists to do that, as OVERALL they spend their time on equations instead of human being, AND YES, OF COURSE, there are always exceptions to every generality in life RULED OR OBSERVED. :)

As a participant observer Anthropologist, I find the fascination on this site and enthusiasm with MS. RAND truly fascinating too, as a study in full potential of HUMAN BEING, as yes, change is possible both negative and positive for empathic ways of life to grow in TRUE HUMAN HAPPINESS PER THE SCIENTIFIC FACTORED NUMBER ONE WAY TO JUST DO IT, in real life.

likewise. The middle way might not be a universal success, but it is often enough to be a default.

If only it were greater. I can think of nothing that would improve American society more than a general commitment to reason, a universal recognition of the principle that the sole legitimate purpose of government is the defense of individual rights, and an absolute rejection of the notion that any good can be accomplished through the initiation of violence, force, and aggression.

Yes, that explains it..