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Yeah, I agree. She has made some strange remarks. Let's face it, there's absolutely no one single philosophy that can make us a perfect world. Ayn's philosophies worked for many different situations, but they can't possibly excel in all situations. I mean, when IS enough? How big should At&T be allowed to be? Should Google be able to run the world? Or should there be at least some sort of oversight? And then of course, we get into governance issues with existential questions, and that's something way too deep for this discussion. My point is this:
Ayn was extreme in her views, and some of her lessons are CRITICAL. But to follow or put into place ALL of anyone's philosophies wholly into one society, you actually end up with a Mussolini or Hitler at some point. Sometimes, Ayn's philosophies would be ill-equipped to solve problems, so balance is needed from the opposing side.
Ayn was extreme in her views, and some of her lessons are CRITICAL. But to follow or put into place ALL of anyone's philosophies wholly into one society, you actually end up with a Mussolini or Hitler at some point. Sometimes, Ayn's philosophies would be ill-equipped to solve problems, so balance is needed from the opposing side.