FTFY. You’re new here, so you should be aware that most of us view Objectivism as a deeply misanthropic ideology, something to be explored by bright and inquisitive people in their teenage years before being discarded by most when reaching emotional and intellectual maturity. John Rogers sums it up:
There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged . One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.
Also, we understand that Objectivists are the most elite of elite HS debate club nerds, eager to win by drawing on a deep well of logical fallacies and bad-faith arguments to prove their intellectual superiority and “blow our minds” with Rand’s esoteric philosophy. We’ve seen many of them arrive here, but in the interest of saving you time you might want to note that none of them have lasted here more than a few weeks (the bog-standard Libertarians last a bit longer, but they’re just focused on lame drive-by “gotchas” every now and then).
In closing, Welcome to BoingBoing, comrade!
