What you describe sounds less like a moral principle and more like a psychological symptom, of narcissism, borderline, etc. I wouldn't place much hope in combating it at the level of intellectual memetics. My guess is that it's a combination of child development pathology resulting from early exposure to social media, and an exaggerated sense of how fast it's growing due to encountering people on social media who you wouldn't have encountered in the olden days.
I don't adhere to many Ayn Rand philosophies. They seem not well thought out or somewhat reactionary. I am an architect, so my favorite novel was the "The Fountainhead." Although somewhat overly dramatic, it brings to the forefront the problems confronting architects. We are often thrust into the public limelight both for good and bad reasons. She championed the idea of each man being true to his dreams and in architectural terms, his notions of defining a design and not turning it over to a bunch of fumbling incompetents who would like to put their own fingerprints on someone else's ideas and make them their own. Anyone worth their weight in design integrity knows the danger of "design by committee." Still, the arrogant "Starchitect" that many have come to know, can be just as destructive as the one that caves to every suggestion from a client or committee.
>> Personally, I draw the line at avowed Communists and Nazis. They really are unworthy of a
>> response; therefore, I don’t respond to them.
Yeah? How do you draw *that* line??
What you describe sounds less like a moral principle and more like a psychological symptom, of narcissism, borderline, etc. I wouldn't place much hope in combating it at the level of intellectual memetics. My guess is that it's a combination of child development pathology resulting from early exposure to social media, and an exaggerated sense of how fast it's growing due to encountering people on social media who you wouldn't have encountered in the olden days.
Agreed. This isn’t a high-concept philosophical precept, this is narcissistic messianism, as old as time.
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[ I’m just being pedantic :-) ]
I think she was referring to moralists and hypocrites who abound in our societies.
I don't adhere to many Ayn Rand philosophies. They seem not well thought out or somewhat reactionary. I am an architect, so my favorite novel was the "The Fountainhead." Although somewhat overly dramatic, it brings to the forefront the problems confronting architects. We are often thrust into the public limelight both for good and bad reasons. She championed the idea of each man being true to his dreams and in architectural terms, his notions of defining a design and not turning it over to a bunch of fumbling incompetents who would like to put their own fingerprints on someone else's ideas and make them their own. Anyone worth their weight in design integrity knows the danger of "design by committee." Still, the arrogant "Starchitect" that many have come to know, can be just as destructive as the one that caves to every suggestion from a client or committee.
Okay, McCarthy.