Objectivism Today: Part 3

Even though Ayn Rand died in the early 80s, what she started is continuing to progress.  Objectivism has become a serious topic of debate in a lot of philosophical circles and has made its way into politics. People are starting to move away from altruism and beginning to understand the benefits of being selfish. These people have set out to stop the spread socialism that is plaguing this country. Here is a list of famous objectivist:

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Clint Bolick	Activist	26-Dec-1957		Libertarian school choice activist
Frank Bond	Activist	1934		U.S. Health, Inc.
Robert A. Levy	Activist	c. 1939		Cato Institute
Duane A. Parde	Activist	13-Jun-1963		National Taxpayers Union
Angelina Jolie	Actor	4-Jun-1975		Tomb Raider
Ayn Rand	Author	2-Feb-1905	6-Mar-1982	Atlas Shrugged
Mark Cuban	Basketball	31-Jul-1958		Broadcast.com founder bought Dallas Mavericks
John A. Allison	Business	14-Aug-1948		CEO of BB&T
James M. Kilts	Business	10-Feb-1948		CEO of Gillette, 2001-05
John P. Mackey	Business	1954		CEO of Whole Foods Market
Howard S. Rich	Business	c. 1940		Libertarian activist
Steve Ditko	Cartoonist	2-Nov-1927		Drew Spider-Man like nobody else has or can
John Fund	Columnist	c. 1956		The Wall Street Journal
Ilana Mercer	Columnist	?		WorldNetDaily columnist
Neil Peart	Drummer	12-Sep-1952		Drummer for Rush
Alan Greenspan	Economist	6-Mar-1926		Federal Reserve Chairman, 1987-2006
Jimbo Wales	Encyclopaedist	8-Aug-1966		Co-Founder of Wikipedia
John Stossel	Journalist	6-Mar-1947		Libertarian reporter
Clarence Thomas	Judge	23-Jun-1948		US Supreme Court Justice
James Clavell	Novelist	10-Oct-1924	7-Sep-1994	Shogun and The Great Escape
Leonard Peikoff	Philosopher	15-Oct-1933		Proseletyzer of objectivism
Ken Calvert	Politician	8-Jun-1953		Congressman, California 44th
John Hospers	Politician	9-Jun-1918	12-Jun-2011	First Libertarian presidential candidate
Ron Johnson	Politician	8-Apr-1955		US Senator from Wisconsin
Paul Ryan	Politician	29-Jan-1970		Congressman, Wisconsin 1st
Mark Sanford	Politician	28-May-1960		Governor of South Carolina, 2003-11
Thomas L. Phillips	Publisher	25-Dec-1941		Phillips Publishing International
Tammy Bruce	Radio Personality	19-Aug-1962		Right-wing radio pundit, columnist

This just goes to show how we are starting to move towards a society that is being run by reason instead faith. However, with the recent surge in objectivists, religious individuals are taking notice and taking offense. Religion is trying to take over government and get rid of separation of church and state. They are infringing on the rights of women and other individuals and objectivists are outraged. There is still a big push by the American people saying that the government should take money from the rich and give to the poor in a robin hood style. This is not right. No person or establishment should have the right to take your property or freedom unless you commit a crime with the use of force.  And others think so as well. There have been over 50 books published on Ayn Rand and Objectivism.

This just goes to show that there is still hope for the United States. That there is still hope that we can turn things around and become the most productive society in history. That as a society we can congratulate people for succeeding instead of stealing their money. All that is needed to start this is for people to realize that being selfish is not evil even though religionist would have you think so. Being selfish means looking out for yourself and focusing on your own happiness because you only have one life to live, but it doesn't mean that you can't help people. It just means that you are not required to help people, and that if you do help people, you do it because you want to do so.

 If there is anything you take from this, understand that it is okay to say the word "I". To say, "I want". Because when you die, that is it. You no longer have the opportunity to do what you want to do.