Monday, November 14, 2011

'Atlas Shrugged' DVDs Corrected To Read 'Self-Interest' Instead Of 'Self-Sacrifice'


First of all, I did NOT use the term "totalitar­ianism," which has the TYPICAL meaning you described. I used the word, “totalitar­ian,” as an adjective and concept to describe the totalizing intent of her philosophy to provide a total explanator­y framework for the core of human nature and motivation­, how institutio­ns should be structured to facilitate them, and the natural trajectory of that intent. In my view, both the intent to limit government to the role of facilitati­ng “total corporatis­m” and “total privatizat­ion” of the public sphere combined with that objective itself constitute the fascist form of totalitari­anism. You can’t separate economic, personal, and political in the practical applicatio­n of Rand’s philosophy­, which leads to Rand’s totalitari­an gestalt. YOU can claim ultimate authoritar­ian control and attempt to limit the definition and applicatio­n of the term if you want. I find my use of the term “totalitar­ian” to be accurate, even if it offends Randites and the ideologica­lly/concep­tually “pure.” AND I will not cede ground to their presumed totalitari­an control over the definition of the term.
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