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Originally Posted by Rasczak  I think, according to Ayn Rand, contributing to a charity that you believe will further your own interests and in the end make you happy, is considered selfish. |
Yeah, I can see how giving is self-gratifying, and you could extrapolate that to mean selfish. In some cases, it is certainly true, but I do also believe that there is such a thing as selfless giving.
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Originally Posted by bns Communism is a label. I would not personally ascribe to any of the statements listed there, but then I don't really consider myself to be a communist either. I chose not to speak up precisely because I don't consider myself to be a communist. |
He wasn't attacking communism, specifically, but all forms of collectivism, including whatever brand of theoretical socialism you prescribe to this week.
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Originally Posted by bns Well, that's true insofar as it goes. Pure collectivism is diametrical to pure individualism. But you could certainly have some kind of mixture of the two. |
No, you really can't.
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Originally Posted by bns I think that definition of collectivist is more polarizing than it needs to be. |
Polarizing, perhaps, but factually correct, none the less.