200+15 SNG players-how good is this guy?

[Sam T.]

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I find the comparison of Ayn Rand to Nietzsche to be patently disgusting.

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I feel the same way about Salinger and Sheldon. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[Cptkernow]

Why ?

[nicky g]

"Why?"

I call blatant plagiarism of my post [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[Cptkernow]

You got there nano seconds before me.

I can see no reason for the disgust appart from the mistaken idea that Nietzche is some how associated with the Nazi's.

If anything Nietzches ideas are expressed more by radical free market or libertarian perspectives, as Nietzche is/was a rampant individualist who would have hated the Nazi with a quite considerable passion.

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If I'm already mentioning books, I gotta plug my all time favorite here: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. I got into her philosophy after noticing that every single highly successful person I'd meet just happened to also be devoted to Rand's philosophy. Just like communism/collectivism is magnet philosophy for bums & losers, Objectivism/Capitalism is a magnet philosophy for highly successful & self-sufficient individuals.

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I think one needs to be careful not to confuse cause and effect here. It's not that following Ayn Rand tends to make you successful. It's that people who are already successful, or on the road to success, tend to be drawn to this philosophy because it justifies their way of life.

There's nothing wrong with this, any more than it's wrong for a beggar to be pro-welfare. But he's more likely to be pro-welfare because he's a beggar, than the other way around.

[nicky g]

Yeah but you copied my post word for word and said it in the exact same tone of voice as me.

I agree with your points on Nietzsche.

[Cptkernow]

To plagarize your post I would have had to have seen it.

[nicky g]

Sorry, I thought you realised I was joking.

[Cptkernow]

Vot is this "Joking"

[nicky g]

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