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I watched a video (about an hour) where he kept referrring to ideas as "apps" and said that China was "downloading apps like liberal capitalism." I stopped watching. if he is going to treat me like a 5 year old I'm not going to listen.
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[quote] #1 . I would actually dig seeing a feminism reading list. do you mind sharing?[/quote] We cannot attach pdfs can we? If we can let me know The List (imagine it is a bloody horror movie like Carrie): A Sentimentalistʼs Defense of Contempt, Shame & Disdain - Kate Abramson Against Marriage and Motherhood - Claudia Card The Second Sex - Simone
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I feel like we're hijacking this thread. [quote]I don't think that this is accurate. The basis of Rand's ethics are along the lines of what every man must do in order to live and to achieve his values. This is why Rand attempted to base her entire philosophy off of the maintenance of life itself, which is where her admiration for reason
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The slang term 'go ham' means to respond violently to someone who disrespects you. For instance: "That dude dissed your mom, go ham on him!"
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Here is Rand on Kant [quote]Now, if you ask me to name the man most responsible for the present state of the world, the man whose influence has almost succeeded in desroying the achievements of the Renaissance - I will name Immanuel Kant. He was the philosopher who saved the morality of altruism, and who knew that what it had to be saved from was -
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Gotst all but one grade in A, A-, B+,B+. ahem D (latin -fuck off), now just waiting on Schopenhauer and Nietzsche class to come in.
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huh? anyone that the guerillas have wronged?
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[quote]On a more philosophical level, can you explain to me why you dislike Rand's philosophy so much?[/quote] Her dismissal of Kant is the most appalling feature. Her typical buzzwords or phrases were "anti-reason," "anti-life," and "mystic." Kant's philosophy is based around reason and the limits of it. He was
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[quote]"her private armies in atlas shrugged were better in every way to government armies, from the technology, to the abilities, to the motivations, to intellegence."[/quote] The Nazis shit all over the idea that the private sector innovation is somehow "better" than the private markets. Private sector is simply more moral. The
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I don't necessarily care what perspectives they come from. I was just wondering if people care that seemingly innocuous MNCs knowingly participate in things like that. Dyncorp, Bechtel, halliburton, JP Morgan, or Chiquita...is it okay for them to transact with illigitimate enterprises for legitimate purposes? Also, getting people addicted to drugs