"The terrible aspect of Mill's influence
is the fact that his followers become unable to consider great values
- such as truth, science, morality, art
- apart from and without the permission of "the people's desires."
~ Ayn Rand
To influence individuals requires responsibility. Unfortunately many seek sheep for power lust and destruction, not creating, developing and enhancing. These are the type of individuals I've been dealing with, power lusters! Iranian muslims that believe women are property, not an individual, just an object. These Iranians don't even have to be in a relationship with you, they still believe they own you, rule you and are your masters. The creatures of the world. I mean CREATURES!
Ayn Rand knew teaching by force or fraud was a negative. Ayn Rand did not set out to rule the world with her philosophy, she understood individuals first off must want to understand, secondly they needed to comprehend the material, not just take it as a given. Ayn Rand did not write to have readers, she wrote to have specific readers. Readers that believed the ideas she was advocating for were valid, beneficial for their life, society.
Ayn Rand like myself never set out to save the world with their one precious life. She knew that was grossly WRONG! As wrong as it gets. She knew using others as slaves and sacrificial animals would ONLY bring mutual resentment. Thomas Sowell also talks about the ludicrousness of those that claim they can save the world. It is negligent to think, that is a realistic goal. I don't want to be a leader, I have been living in HELL for a long time seeking personal justice.
~ I am not living in hell for you!
