"Rights are only in question between equals in power; while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must." -Thucydides "Do to others what you would have them do to you." -Jesus Too many Americans who call themselves Christians are in reality Thucydians. 1/3
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Nietzsche was a great admirer of Thucydides, seeing the Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher as an Übermensch (Overman) guided by the Will To Power. Too many Americans who call themselves Christians are in reality Nietzscheans. 2/3
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Then there's Ayn Rand (Nietzsche for dummies) with her loony and cruel philosophy of self-interest (Objectivism). Rand claimed to be an atheist, but she clearly worshiped the golden calf of greed. Too many Americans who call themselves Christians are in reality Objectivists 3/3
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Replying to @BrianZahnd
I believe you’re shortchanging the objectivist school of thought a bit. Yes, ‘greed is actually good’ is part of objectivism, but all who are greedy don’t believe it to be actually good, and there is more to objectivism than that maxim even for those who do.
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Replying to @DanielRChristy
“Yes, ‘greed is actually good’ is part of objectivism.” Enough said.
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Again, back to the totalizing system
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