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" Q: Have you ever read Ayn Rand? Obama: Sure.
Q: What do you think Paul Ryan's obsession with her work would mean if he were vice president?
Obama: Well, you'd have to ask Paul Ryan what that
means to him. Ayn Rand is one of those things that a
lot of us, when we were 17 or 18 and feeling misunderstood, we'd pick up. Then, as we get older,
we realize that a world in which we're only thinking about ourselves and not thinking about anybody else, in which we're considering the entire project of developing ourselves as more important than our relationships to other people and making sure that everybody else has opportunity – that that's a pretty narrow vision. It's not one that, I think, describes
what's best in America. Unfortunately, it does seem
as if sometimes that vision of a "you're on your own"
society has consumed a big chunk of the Republican Party ”.... RRD: In Obama's world dealing with others by reason & letting dissenters "go their own way” is immature. Acting in your own rational self-interest ,neither sacrificing yourself to others ,nor sacrificing others to oneself ,is immature. Believing that you must first develop yourself as a independent human being before you can form relationships,believing that "to say I love you,you must first know how to say the I ", & believing that you cannot live vicariously through others ,is immature.
Maturity consists, not of seeking to persuade people through reason & respecting their rights if they disagree ,but of seeking to persuade others to do what you want,& if you fail,having the state force them to do so by fines or prison sentences with no more regard to their rights,goals,dreams,happiness or conscience than one would afford a to slave.
And in many cases they skip over the attempt at persuasion.
Maturity consists of violating the rights of innocent people & of viewing them as tools to your ends.
Maturity consists of the productive being forced to support,not merely the disabled,but Georgetown University law students who wish to force Catholic institutions to subsidize their birth control.
This is Obama's view of "maturity".
As to his "compassion" I will deal with that in a later post.
Obama Says Ayn Rand Is For Teens - Democratic Underground http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014279481
" Q: Have you ever read Ayn Rand? Obama: Sure.
Q: What do you think Paul Ryan's obsession with her work would mean if he were vice president?
Obama: Well, you'd have to ask Paul Ryan what that
means to him. Ayn Rand is one of those things that a
lot of us, when we were 17 or 18 and feeling misunderstood, we'd pick up. Then, as we get older,
we realize that a world in which we're only thinking about ourselves and not thinking about anybody else, in which we're considering the entire project of developing ourselves as more important than our relationships to other people and making sure that everybody else has opportunity – that that's a pretty narrow vision. It's not one that, I think, describes
what's best in America. Unfortunately, it does seem
as if sometimes that vision of a "you're on your own"
society has consumed a big chunk of the Republican Party ”.... RRD: In Obama's world dealing with others by reason & letting dissenters "go their own way” is immature. Acting in your own rational self-interest ,neither sacrificing yourself to others ,nor sacrificing others to oneself ,is immature. Believing that you must first develop yourself as a independent human being before you can form relationships,believing that "to say I love you,you must first know how to say the I ", & believing that you cannot live vicariously through others ,is immature.
Maturity consists, not of seeking to persuade people through reason & respecting their rights if they disagree ,but of seeking to persuade others to do what you want,& if you fail,having the state force them to do so by fines or prison sentences with no more regard to their rights,goals,dreams,happiness or conscience than one would afford a to slave.
And in many cases they skip over the attempt at persuasion.
Maturity consists of violating the rights of innocent people & of viewing them as tools to your ends.
Maturity consists of the productive being forced to support,not merely the disabled,but Georgetown University law students who wish to force Catholic institutions to subsidize their birth control.
This is Obama's view of "maturity".
As to his "compassion" I will deal with that in a later post.
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