Wow, I have to say that that was one of the most factually incorrect posts I've ever read, and exactly not what I was looking for. There were no substantive arguments, only blank assertions, most of which were incorrect. Please do better people.


First off, Objectivism and Libertarianism are not at all related in basic principle, they are related in that both espouse "FREEDOM" but you will find that their idea of what "freedom" means is staggeringly different. There is an article written by Peter Shwartz on Libertarianism which I suggest you read, it was in the book "The voice of reason: essays in objectivist thought" by Ayn Rand and you may be able to find it on the internet as well. The article on abortion has an objectivist base, not a libertarian( as it has become today) base.

"I tend not to side with Objectivism as I see it as a shallow attempt to fasten kaleidoscopic concepts and ideas into a hard and fast, unequivocal, macrocosm. "
So because it attempts to describe a consistent view of existence and morality it is somehow undesirable to you? Also you make no arguments against what it actually says, only that it attempts to say something.

"I think one of her greatest flaws was applying concepts from economic theory to interpersonal relationships. In my opinion, this was very bad. "
Her economic theory came from her view of interpersonal relationships, which came from her idea about man's nature as an individual.