From John Galts statement in Atlas Shrugged......................
I am a trader. I earn what I get in trade for what I produce. I ask for nothing more or nothing less than what I earn. That is justice. I don't force anyone to trade with me; I only trade for mutual benefit. Force is the great evil that has no place in a rational world. One may never force another human to act against his/her judgment. If you deny a man's right to Reason, you must also deny your right to your own judgment. Yet you have allowed your world to be run by means of force, by men who claim that fear and joy are equal incentives, but that fear and force are more practical.
You've allowed such men to occupy positions of power in your world by preaching that all men are evil from the moment they're born. When men believe this, they see nothing wrong in acting in any way they please. The name of this absurdity is 'original sin'. That's inmpossible. That which is outside the possibility of choice is also outside the province of morality. To call sin that which is outside man's choice is a mockery of justice. To say that men are born with a free will but with a tendency toward evil is ridiculous. If the tendency is one of choice, it doesn't come at birth. If it is not a tendency of choice, then man's will is not free.
I like this a lot. But regulation is necessary, lest we go back to the 18th century which was characterized by trusts and people owning 80% of the market. Competition is good because it drives prices down and makes life a little easier for people. But the problem here is that big companies have made it difficult for others to start their own business and compete. I know many dentists who've had trouble managing their Ma & Pa business when there is a Super mart dental office in the center of the city.
And then there's your 'brother-love' morality. Why is it moral to serve others, but not yourself? If enjoyment is a value, why is it moral when experienced by others, but not by you? Why is it immoral to produce something of value and keep it for yourself, when it is moral for others who haven't earned it to accept it? If it's virtuous to give, isn't it then selfish to take?
Because life becomes petty if you care only about yourself. You exist in a world of 6 billion people and they all feel and hurt just like you. To ignore them is to truly be detached from human roots. I will admit that you earned that money and you should be able to control that money because it is yours ( With the governments commission taken, because they facilitate your business and they own your dollar bills legally) but at the same time helping others is a human thing. I understand that your intent isn't malice, but the reality is that you turn a blind eye to the world and attempt to validate your 100 years of decent living. The world will go on , but you won't.
Your acceptance of the code of selflessness has made you fear the man who has a dollar less than you because it makes you feel that that dollar is rightfully his. You hate the man with a dollar more than you because the dollar he's keeping is rightfully yours. Your code has made it impossible to know when to give and when to grab.
From a strictly philosophical stand point, no one deserves anything. That is a simple proof of nature. like I've said before I don't personally believe that everyone should make the same amount of money. But that begins to enter the just world concept.
You know that you can't give away everything and starve yourself. You've forced yourselves to live with undeserved, irrational guilt. Is it ever proper to help another man? No, if he demands it as his right or as a duty that you owe him. Yes, if it's your own free choice based on your judgment of the value of that person and his struggle. This country wasn't built by men who sought handouts. In its brilliant youth, this country showed the rest of the world what greatness was possible to Man and what happiness is possible on Earth.
Ok agreed, but again I'm sensing a lot of just world belief in your view of the world. You forget the fact that luck exists and that if you're a farmer and work extremely hard if luck is against you then you'll never receive a crop.
Then it began apologizing for its greatness and began giving away its wealth, feeling guilty for having produced more than ikts neighbors. Twelve years ago, I saw what was wrong with the world and where the battle for Life had to be fought. I saw that the enemy was an inverted morality and that my acceptance of that morality was its only power. I was the first of the men who refused to give up the pursuit of his own happiness in order to serve others.
Morality is a term. Consciousness is not.
To those of you who retain some remnant of dignity and the will to live your lives for yourselves, you have the chance to make the same choice. Examine your values and understand that you must choose one side or the other. Any compromise between good and evil only hurts the good and helps the evil.
False dilemma and philosophical trash.
If you've understood what I've said, stop supporting your destroyers. Don't accept their philosophy. Your destroyers hold you by means of your endurance, your generosity, your innocence, and your love. Don't exhaust yourself to help build the kind of world that you see around you now. In the name of the best within you, don't sacrifice the world to those who will take away your happiness for it.
The world will change when you are ready to pronounce this oath:
I swear by my Life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for the sake of mine.
