Atlas Shrugged: The Movie

Magic_Marker · 04-05-2011, 07:42 AM

Same thing with the US when it took public control of rail. The thing remains, with ground transport you are going to need a vast interconnected network that's funded by the government, no way around it. Private corporations do not think long term. They're really good at short term but are shit when it comes to "5-10 years down the line." They'll not want to pay to set up a vast interconnected network. So the best way is to just let government run it instead of people wearing down highway roads and guzzling gas when you can transport tens of people for the same price.

Back to Rand: If you want to defend classically liberal economics go read some Adam Smith or some Fucking Hayak, we can have civil discussion then but do not speak Ayn Rand's name in my face if you want credibility. You might as well evoke Santa Claus.

Further Edit: A more or less good example of Objectivism on the family level.

04-05-2011, 07:42 AM	#11
Magic_Marker Moonwalk Away. Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Dumbfucklahoma. Posts: 1,573	Same thing with the US when it took public control of rail. The thing remains, with ground transport you are going to need a vast interconnected network that's funded by the government, no way around it. Private corporations do not think long term. They're really good at short term but are shit when it comes to "5-10 years down the line." They'll not want to pay to set up a vast interconnected network. So the best way is to just let government run it instead of people wearing down highway roads and guzzling gas when you can transport tens of people for the same price. Back to Rand: If you want to defend classically liberal economics go read some Adam Smith or some Fucking Hayak, we can have civil discussion then but do not speak Ayn Rand's name in my face if you want credibility. You might as well evoke Santa Claus. Further Edit: A more or less good example of Objectivism on the family level. Last edited by Magic_Marker; 04-05-2011 at 10:54 AM. Reason: Then again, Santa totally is a slave to societies expectations. He should charge for those toys.