[Am-info] Ayn Rand Institute?
John J. Urbaniak
jjurban@attglobal.net
Tue, 19 Mar 2002 07:34:05 -0500
Erick Andrews wrote:
> On 18 Mar 2002 19:07:37 -0600, Eric M. Hopper wrote:
>
> >On Mon, 2002-03-18 at 17:56, Erick Andrews wrote:
> >> More like asking a Pragmatist what Objectivists and Libertarians
> >> actually are.
> >>
> >> I'm losing this...where's MS's relationships here?
> >
> >People who consider themselves pure Objectivists (like the people at the
> >Ayn Rand institute) feel that Microsoft has done nothing wrong as they
> >have not forced people to use their product at gunpoint.
> >
> >It's helpful, in determining what to do about a particular evil, to
> >figure out how the people who support it think.
> >
>
> Of course it's helpful...so where do we think MS's philosophy lies?
> If it's not any of the "ism's" mentioned yet, maybe capitalist opportunism?
>
Autism.
John