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This is what I call the Randian paradox in a nutshell. It is, when you actually think about it, quite selfless to tell people to be selfish and to take care of
by nataliste 2y ago
This is what I call the Randian paradox in a nutshell.
It is, when you actually think about it, quite selfless to tell people to be selfish and to take care of and control their own affairs, as the least likely person to receive any benefit by following the speaker's advice is the actual speaker.
On the other hand, it is exceptionally selfish to tell others to place others' well-being ahead of their own for the opposite reason, that following the speaker's advice is absolutely more likely to benefit the speaker (and everyone else) at the expense of the listener.
Accordingly, it's utterly incoherent for anyone acting upon this self-centered philosophy to tell anyone else to do it, because the first principle of being a wolf among sheep is don't let other wolves into the fold.
- feoren 2y ago> the Randian paradox ... It is ... quite selfless to tell people to be selfish Unlike most paradoxes, this "Randian paradox" has an easy resolution: it's utter bullshit parroted by asshole psychopaths who have been wishing desperately their whole lives for justification that their utter disregard for the wellbeing of their fellow humans is actually a good thing. It's not. > the first principle of being a wolf among sheep and one way to spot an asshole psychopath is that they divide the world into "wolves" and "sheep" and, of course, put themselves in the "wolves" category.
- nataliste 2y agoIlliteracy and throwing a tantrum is not a resolution.