Or is it individualistic anarchism? I always have trouble keeping it straight.
Yes, Rand, tried to compensate for the fundamental weakness of anarchic individualism with moralistic exhortations. She probably understood what she couldn't admit in her writings: Anarchy is unstable, and without a system of laws and governance to provide structure and boundary, its natural modus operandi is survival of the fittest. An Objectivist society would last about a microsecond before devolving first into a bloodbath, followed by the long slow climb through feudalism before people get sick of it and reinvent civilization and democracy.
We've already been through Ayn Rand's world, and most of us consider leaving it behind in favor of civilization one of the great achievements of human history.
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- "A few speculators dominate vast oil market."
- baloney...
- How long can a nation survive consuming 1/4 of the world's daily oil production and only produce 13 percent of the world's total output? (n/t)
- I did, I did
- re: "A few speculators dominate vast oil market."