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(09-24-2020, 12:01 PM)videogamesrock Wrote: It'll help you make better decisions in the voting booth.

Doubtful. I find that most people who say that they have read Ayn Rand’s books a) haven’t -or- b) don’t understand them. They associate her with anarchy and libertarianism, both of which she despised. They tend to apply her theories of the individual, ironically enough, to the collective in justifying things like public religion/the blending of religion and politics as well as the use of force, all of which she equally despised.  Most people also don’t really consider her writing in HER context as someone who came of age and was educated in the early days of the Soviet Union. It is not at all ironic, then, that she has become a favorite of many neoconservatives who, themselves, are born of a political-philosophical tradition that traces itself back directly to a group of reformed Communists and fellow travelers. 

Egoism?  Sure, it sounds good to be rational and do what is in your self-interest, until the peasants revolt and eliminate the classes of people who, by virtue of their elevated station in life (whether by birth or their own creation is, in very anti-Randian terms, irrelevant), have the ability to live the “enlightened” life of an egoist. But then, what would someone who lived through the birth of the Soviet Union know of such things....
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(09-24-2020, 03:29 PM)freeloader Wrote:
(09-24-2020, 12:01 PM)videogamesrock Wrote: It'll help you make better decisions in the voting booth.

Doubtful. I find that most people who say that they have read Ayn Rand’s books a) haven’t -or- b) don’t understand them. They associate her with anarchy and libertarianism, both of which she despised. They tend to apply her theories of the individual, ironically enough, to the collective in justifying things like public religion/the blending of religion and politics as well as the use of force, all of which she equally despised.  Most people also don’t really consider her writing in HER context as someone who came of age and was educated in the early days of the Soviet Union. It is not at all ironic, then, that she has become a favorite of many neoconservatives who, themselves, are born of a political-philosophical tradition that traces itself back directly to a group of reformed Communists and fellow travelers. 

Egoism?  Sure, it sounds good to be rational and do what is in your self-interest, until the peasants revolt and eliminate the classes of people who, by virtue of their elevated station in life (whether by birth or their own creation is, in very anti-Randian terms, irrelevant), have the ability to live the “enlightened” life of an egoist. But then, what would someone who lived through the birth of the Soviet Union know of such things....


I was referring to Milton Friedman.


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I am not an Ayn Rand fan and I hate fiction, but Milton Friedman is brilliant.  The last 20-min of each video is a panel challenging him. Big Grin   

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These videos are a treasure. Thomas Sowell who studied under Friedman has done so much on his research on affirmative action and welfare. He makes a few appearances in this series. I love the episode on how some students inherit musical talent from their parents, no different than inheriting wealth or any other advantage from their parents. Somehow we penalize those who inherit money vs talent who use it to make money.


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I am a fan of Milton Friedman and an even bigger fan of Ayn Rand. I imagine I would LOVE working on this certificate.
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Serious question: how does one reconcile deregulation and reliance on the genius of the free market (which is really predicated on the idea of perfectly knowledgeable market participants) with government support for corporations?  The corporation, as a matter of law and policy, is a person created by the state. It is a fictive legal person vested with vast powers, including immortality and the ability to earn money while paying a significantly lower amount of taxes than a biological person. As a practical matter, the function of the corporation is to achieve things (like economies of scale, monopoly, and the ability to compel action on the part of consumers like mandating arbitration) that a biological person is incapable of doing. The corporation, in other words, exists for the sole purpose of disrupting, not supporting, the free market.  What, for instance, is limited liability, but a means of co-opting the normal recourse that a biological person has to bring suit against another biological person?  How, then, does one support both “unregulated” free markets and corporations?  To my mind, that is like saying you advocate for the harmonious mixing of vinegar and oil. Sure, tastes good on a salad (works as an abstraction disarticulated from reality), but it doesn’t actually work in the real world.
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(09-24-2020, 06:39 PM)freeloader Wrote: Serious question: how does one reconcile deregulation and reliance on the genius of the free market (which is really predicated on the idea of perfectly knowledgeable market participants) with government support for corporations?

I think this is a great point for discussion, and I know I'll answer if you ask the questions in "Off Topic".
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A C corporation pays taxes on the front end and on the back end.  The biological person who owns the corporation is taxed on money before it is distributed to them and after it is distributed to them.  The tax is highly unfair, especially since the government hasn't purchased any shares in the company, but somehow is entitled to 21% of the profits - not the shareholder.  Yet partnerships pay zero tax and also have unlimited life.  

Limited liability protects the person from judgement and is a fair system.  If one contributed $1000 in capital to a company, and received a 1% ownership, their liability is limited to the 1% where as the rest of the owners would make up for the other 99% of liability.

Of course an individual is capable of creating a monopoly, food deserts in inner cities, or real estate investors who buy up blocks of housing who control the rental prices by blocking competition.  Gas stations in the middle of nowhere always seem to charge way more than gas stations that have plenty of competition.  

Unregulated free markets are regulated by the consumer, by either voting with their feet or through a court system.  It worked very well in the 19th century.  Those companies that provide crappy services go out of business, while those that provide services and products people value get rewarded with profits.  Capitalism is the fairest system of all.
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(09-26-2020, 11:43 PM)videogamesrock Wrote: I’m into module 2.  This is a great course thank you !!


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