Most people that know me are aware of my loathing of Ayn Rand's Objectivism. I was going to post an article about my favorite John Galt humping cult, and compare and contrast with LaVeyan Satanism. I was hoping to point out that Objectiveness is just Satanism with less goatees and snakes.
Since I try not to be a complete dick on this blog, I decided to forgo this path and instead link to an excellent article by one of my favorite skeptical authors; Michael Shermer.
The Unlikeliest Cult in History
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
The Unlikeliest Cult in History
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What is Satanism to Christianity, Objectivism is to Communism.
ReplyDeleteIt's the philosophy of Marxist objective materialism turned upside down (or middle finger to it), stripped by Marx' dialectics (where the historical role of the individual is minimized) and socialism - replaced with extreme individualism and (anarcho)capitalism.
But the objective reality and rabidness remain the same.