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I couldn't help but have a good hearty lol @ this comment. This is really how leftists/progressives like to characterize Ayn Rand and anyone that respects her work. They dig around in their brain for the most snarky, vicious comment they can dream up and then they puke it up in front of anyone who shows any respect or curiosity towards Ayn's work.... Her loudest and most vicious critics don't even concerned about demonstrating a basic understanding her arguments. They, for some reason, pretend the central ethic of Objectivism is all about being greedy and sacrificing others to yourself. Here's another comment that caught my eye. "Greed is good" is the famous Gordon Gecko quote from Wall Street, as I'm sure you're all aware. Ayn Rand's haters like to use this quote in conversations about her work as if it's straight out of Howard Roarks mouth or something. They pay no mind to the fact that Ayn Rand was explicit about the immorality of sacrificing others for yourself. This is central to objectivist thought, but they pretend it's all just "Greed is good" don't ya know? I don't claim to know what their motivation is, but I believe it is probably one of manipulation. "I do not care about what Ayn Rands arguments... If you speak positively about her or take any of her arguments seriously, people like me are going to be very mean to you and eject you from our group."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-robin-williams-parkinsons-disease-20140814-story.html According to Robin Williams' current wife, he was in the early stages of Parkinson's disease.

Elizabeth Warren was paid $429,981 as a Harvard law professor from 2010 to 2011. sauce: http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/01/elizabeth_warren_got_nearly_43.html

The Moons is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein is an excellent sci-fi book about a Lunar Society engaging in a Libertarian Revolution against the Governments of Earth, in the future.

"Every band needs an Astrophysicist, but only Queen had one." - Penn Jillette

I just finished reading Ayn Rand's "The Fountainhead" a couple of weeks ago, which was a really powerful experience for me, and has really encouraged me to work on developing some better work ethic, and to find more creative projects that inspire me. I'm really looking forward to reading Atlas Shrugged in the future, but I'm not in any rush. I plowed through Robert Heinlein's "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" last week, and loved every minute of it. I Had trouble putting it down, at times. One of the best book-reading experiences I've ever had. I read Plato's "The trial and death of socrates" a few months ago, which was captivating, but admittedly, some of the language was hard for me to comprehend on my first try. If nothing else, it was some really gripping drama with some valuable lessons about how to engage in discourse. I wouldn't mind giving this one another shot in the future, as well as delve into the rest of what Plato wrote about Socrates. Aristotle is on my "to read" list, but I'm not really sure what the best place to start is with him. Any recommendations for that would be most welcomed. I'd also like to give another recommendation for Dan Carlin's Hardcore History, as someone already did above. A truly great podcast. Also, Penn Jillettes "Sunday School" podcast is a great one. It's more entertainment than philsophy, but Penn is a great thinker and often goes on really inspired rants about Gods, Governments and Libertarianism.

The link does not work, I get this message when I click your link. " Not Found Apologies, but the page you requested could not be found. Perhaps searching will help" I think maybe you forgot to publish it in your wp-admin, and still have it in draft status where only you, the admin, can see it?

I really like his videos a lot, especially the ones on feminism. I was a little disturbed to learn that he hits his 5 year old brothers on the wrist to "discipline" them though. Go to about 4:15 and watch to 5:30 for the relevant part, which I also transcribed below. "I suppose while noble in principle, it isn't the most rational of steps to take. I agree, in my opinion, it's not the smartest idea to rely solely on negotiation when dealing with a 5 year old. For example, my baby brothers are just now learning how to use the microwave and one day they put a leftover burger int he microwave, and it was still wrapped in aluminum foil. I said to them "don't microwave the burger with foil on it, you might blow up the house!" they clearly didn't understand what I was talking about, so I had to go and take the burger out of the microwave and explain it to them. A week later, they made the same mistake, but this time out of spite. Basically saying "fuck you, I'm going to microwave this aluminum foil". And as you may imagine I didn't just sit back and wait for them to learn from their mistakes. I went over to them, smacked their hand and took the aluminum foil out of the microwave and told them "don't do this again". Now, I know some don't agree with this method of discipline, but at least in my case it just happens to make the most sense in terms of cost/benefit, considering the potential consequences of letting a 5 year old put aluminum foil in the microwave."

I get that, and It might an irrational thought on my part, but the reason that idea popped into my head is from the bit of research I've done on this, I haven't been able to find out much about what really went on during his childhood or how his parents treated him, beyond providing him with lots of material possessions, taking him out of high school because of bullying, and eventually calling the police on him when they found some of his videos online. Learning about what went on in his childhood is absolutely paramount to preventing this type of thing from happening in the future, but without some type of interrogation of his parents it's going to be much more challenging to acquire and present that information to people. Maybe a law isn't the right way to put it, but a rational and free society would likely prioritize an interrogation of the parents after an event like this, wouldn't it?

I'm struggling with something on my mind. I think I would be in support of a law which forces parents who raise a murderer to be heavily interrogated and have all the information released publicly. Any thoughts on this?

I'm a big fan of the Joe Rogan experience and penn's sunday school. Both have some educational value, but are more geared toward entertainment.

Woah, this is quite thought provoking. Can't wait to see more of your work!

I think it's the most important issue of our times. Statism, War, National Debts, etc. all pale in comparison to the sheer havok that the word "Bossy" has wrought upon society. It must be stopped!

Freedomainiacs is hilarious. I like it. I've seen some people refer to us as Molyneuvians.

Interesting how the white woman who's going to hit her 4 year old said "I need to be the queen". A proper title for a tyrant.

Stefan mentioned in a recent call in show that he read one of Natanial Branden's book about Ayn Rand and it upset him to hear that she fell rather short of her ideals in her personal life. I really enjoy "Truth about" videos on Karl Marx, Ghandi, MLK and others, and I was thinking it would be pretty interesting for him to do one of those videos on one of his greatest intellectual influences. Just a recommendation, since I know Stefan has a ton of free time and is looking for more work to do. (kidding)

I just came across this video on youtube that is currently going viral... I didn't know it was about mothers, until I reached the end of the video. I felt really angry after watching it, and I'm currently trying to process my feelings but it's late and I'm about ready to fall asleep. I'm curious to see what kind of reaction all of the good people on this board have, and look forward to talking to you all about it.

This confirms everything I'm learning to be true about how most parents treat their children. The fact that some of this stuff got big laughs is quite disturbing, especially when the kids mentioned the word "stupid" as if their parents have called them stupid. That's really upsetting to me, and it makes me angry that people are laughing at it. I have to admit that there was a brief moment in the video that I did find some humor in, and i couldn't help but laugh a little bit. The little boy at the end who seemed particularly confident and happy,at least in contrast to the rest of the kids. I'm not at all bothered by the fact that he used "bad words", or that his parents have used those words around him, because nothing in his behavior indicates to me that they do it in a way that is hurtful or intimidating to him. It's almost as if he viewed those "bad words" as a source of amusement and fun, and didn't feel threatened by them at all. Did anyone else feel this way?

I don't want to generalize all Left-Libertarians, but I think this thread from the r/Anarchism subreddit provides some meaningful insight as to what most of the Left-Wing "Anarchists" consider acceptable behavior. http://www.reddit.com/r/Anarchism/comments/2183oj/shoplifting/

Yes, I've had similar thoughts about that. I think it's a good suggestion.

http://www.infowars.com/stefan-molyneux-discusses-our-current-place-in-human-history/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=oG5ysMUl4e4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RtAlxa3_xtE

On the latest podcast w/ Brody Stevens Joe Rogan mentions that Stefan Molyneux will be coming on again sometime soon. Go to: 02h40m54s

I think it's more of a humerous observation. No matter what system you have, man exploits man. The opposite of man exploiting man, is man exploiting man. That's how I interpreted it.