All Things Trump: The Return Of The King

[Tero]

This should keep the economy going a few more weeks. Any more flagpoles we can give him?

[Tero]

Russian asset, aside from Trump, in white house
https://levremembers.substack.com/p/mee ... irect=true

[L'Emmerdeur]

This should keep the economy going a few more weeks. Any more flagpoles we can give him?

From that article:

Trump seems to welcome the comparisons to totalitarian regimes abroad. According to this official, in recent months, when advisers have flagged to Trump that some of his critics liken his zeal for ­military parades to customs in North Korea or other repressive states, the president has said those countries do that because they “respect” their leaders and those displays of national military might are good for the population’s morale. (Trump did not seem to acknowledge these regimes do those things because the dictator is making them.)

[Brian Peacock]

objectivists is the way rand cultists call themselves?

Yep. Followers of Objectivism root their value system, and thus justify their arguments and their actions, in two rather underwhelming works of romantic fiction, the contents of which are held up to be self-evident and complete explanations of the true relationship between human nature and ethics: humans are naturally selfish creatures, and therefore the highest form of ethics is to act in one's individual self-interest. 'Rational self-interest' is usually how Rand's ideas of ethical egoism are referred to these days.

[JimC]

objectivists is the way rand cultists call themselves?

Yep. Followers of Objectivism root their value system, and thus justify their arguments and their actions, in two rather underwhelming works of romantic fiction, the contents of which are held up to be self-evident and complete explanations of the true relationship between human nature and ethics: humans are naturally selfish creatures, and therefore the highest form of ethics is to act in one's individual self-interest. 'Rational self-interest' is usually how Rand's ideas of ethical egoism are referred to these days.

Wasn't there a movie whose catch-cry was "greed is good"?

[Brian Peacock]

objectivists is the way rand cultists call themselves?

Yep. Followers of Objectivism root their value system, and thus justify their arguments and their actions, in two rather underwhelming works of romantic fiction, the contents of which are held up to be self-evident and complete explanations of the true relationship between human nature and ethics: humans are naturally selfish creatures, and therefore the highest form of ethics is to act in one's individual self-interest. 'Rational self-interest' is usually how Rand's ideas of ethical egoism are referred to these days.

Wasn't there a movie whose catch-cry was "greed is good"?

I think I saw that documentary.

[macdoc]

You are making a laughing stock of yourself Brian.
Explains a few things

[Svartalf]

objectivists is the way rand cultists call themselves?

Yep. Followers of Objectivism root their value system, and thus justify their arguments and their actions, in two rather underwhelming works of romantic fiction, the contents of which are held up to be self-evident and complete explanations of the true relationship between human nature and ethics: humans are naturally selfish creatures, and therefore the highest form of ethics is to act in one's individual self-interest. 'Rational self-interest' is usually how Rand's ideas of ethical egoism are referred to these days.

Selfishness can't be the highest point of ethics in a social species.

[JimC]

Being cooperative and empathetic is in one's self-interest as well. Building teamwork and alliances is rational. Who-whom is the question. Who are you allying with, and for what reason? Are you allying to secure your narrow base, or to widen the general weal?

Very true.