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I can\'t understand why anyone likes this shitty show.
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You can\'t write about Objectivism being life affirming and not note that its founder thought a serial killer was an exemplary person.
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You can\\\'t write about Objectivism being life affirming and not note that its founder thought a serial killer was an exemplary person. What I mean, is it certainly sounds like she was describing him as living according to her philosophy.
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To expand on my comment on altruism. My issue is that Comte\'s definition/and what Rand is criticizing is the idea of placing someone else\'s life/interests above your own. Since from what I can tell, no actual person who calls themselves altruistic actually does this, in theory, that would mean you were fine in Rand\'s book. Not to mention that Comte is a relatively obscure philosopher. If she was just about attacking Comte then she probably wouldn\'t have written popular novels, since the audience isn\'t that likely to know who he was.
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To expand on my comment on altruism. My issue is that Comte\\\'s definition/and what Rand is criticizing is the idea of placing someone else\\\'s life/interests above your own. Since from what I can tell, no actual person who calls themselves altruistic actually does this, in theory, that would mean you were fine in Rand\\\'s book, but this isn\\\'t the case in practice.
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You can\'t write about Objectivism being life affirming and not note that its founder thought a serial killer was an exemplary person.
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You can\\\'t write about Objectivism being life affirming and not note that its founder thought a serial killer was an exemplary person.

To expand on my comment on altruism. My issue is that Comte\\\'s definition/and what Rand is criticizing is the idea of placing someone else\\\'s life/interests above your own. Since from what I can tell, no actual person who calls themselves altruistic actually does this, in theory, that would mean you were fine in Rand\\\'s book. Not to mention that Comte is a relatively obscure philosopher. If she was just about attacking Comte then she probably wouldn\\\'t have written popular novels, since the audience isn\\\'t that likely to know who he was.
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