
First of all, I did NOT use the term "totalitar
ianism," which has the TYPICAL meaning you described. I used the word, “totalitar
ian,” as an adjective and concept to describe the totalizing intent of her philosophy to provide a total explanator
y framework for the core of human nature and motivation
, how institutio
ns 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 facilitati
ng “total corporatis
m” and “total privatizat
ion” of the public sphere combined with that objective itself constitute the fascist form of totalitari
anism. You can’t separate economic, personal, and political in the practical applicatio
n of Rand’s philosophy
, which leads to Rand’s totalitari
an gestalt. YOU can claim ultimate authoritar
ian control and attempt to limit the definition and applicatio
n of the term if you want. I find my use of the term “totalitar
ian” to be accurate, even if it offends Randites and the ideologica
lly/concep
tually “pure.” AND I will not cede ground to their presumed totalitari
an control over the definition of the term.
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