Rational Self-Interest

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• AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I always find the “rational self-interest” folks funny, because they always seem to imagine people’s inner nature to be anti-social and ruthless. Over the last few years, I have been working on being kinder, and I am the primary beneficiary of that work. Trying my best to not be an asshole is me at my most rationally self-interested.

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  • spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Trying my best to not be an asshole is me at my most rationally self-interested.

    That is very selfless of you.

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  • Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Now add in the creation and capture of Surplus Value, and distribution of profits from the sale of said surplus.

    “Rational Self-Interest” is pure masturbatory rhetoric from the Capital class.

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  • KomfortablesKissen@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Well, how much money do you make? How many millions of $? If you thrive on the discrepancy of assets then you need to be an asshole. If someone else does it, then you need to be an asshole to them, just to fend for yourself.

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• DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Ayn Rand never invested in stocks because she thought they were confusing.

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  • SomethingBurger@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Tbf they are. They keep going up but, right as I buy some, they go down!

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• phneutral@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Guillotine is such a harsh word. I‘d call it „social scissors“.

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  • frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    If you consider that Ayn rand’s body was probably reasonably healthy and just her mind is wrong, this is really more of a scalpel to be used in the removal of a dangerous tumor.

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  • Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Tis but a simple machine; the Great Wedge, if you will.

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• lordnikon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Man can you imagine if that happened for real. Hopefully before she wrote her second book. That Russian piece of trash. I wished I believed in hell, just so i could believe she is burning in it.

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  • mechoman444@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    (was looking through my comments and thought I would supplement my original comment to further exemplify your ignorance of Ayn rand’s work. This is just GPT generated but it generally emphasizes what I want to say)

    The theme of responsibility is integral to Ayn Rand’s philosophy, but it is framed primarily as individual responsibility. In her works, characters are responsible for their own success, values, and moral integrity. They are expected to take ownership of their lives, work hard, and create value without relying on others for unearned rewards. This sense of personal accountability is deeply tied to her advocacy for rational self-interest and the rejection of altruism as a moral duty.

    The comic largely ignores or subverts this theme. It portrays the caricature of Rand as shirking responsibility for fairness or mutual benefit, while justifying exploitation under the guise of “rational self-interest.” In contrast, Rand’s protagonists—such as Howard Roark in The Fountainhead or John Galt in Atlas Shrugged—embody the idea that self-interest is inseparable from productive effort and integrity. They take full responsibility for their work and its outcomes, even when faced with immense personal cost.

    The workers in the comic, meanwhile, highlight the absence of reciprocal responsibility. In Rand’s view, individuals (or businesses) should not exploit others but should engage in voluntary, mutually beneficial exchanges. The satire undermines this by presenting the workers as victims of a one-sided interpretation of her philosophy, where responsibility is shouldered entirely by them while those in power evade it.

    In essence, the comic exaggerates a critique that Rand’s philosophy allows those in power to neglect their responsibility to others, while her works emphasize a balanced moral code where responsibility to oneself and voluntary relationships are key.

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  • Akasazh@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    That would’ve been great. Instead she lived here last days collecting a social healthcare allowance, which is both hypocritical and on brand

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  • mechoman444@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Clearly you haven’t actually read anything by her. And if you did you didn’t understand any of it.

    Throughout The Fountain Head and Atlas Shrugged there are themes of taking responsibility for the power one wields with their rational self interest. As in providing for the people working under someone in power.

    I would assume you don’t like Ayn Rand because you heard that right wingers like her or because she was simply Russian. Both reasons are ignorant and irritating.

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• CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Seize the machines!

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• MaxPow3r11@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Ah.

  I thought that was Elon Musk at first.

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