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I've read Atlas Shrugged a couple years ago. Due the many protests going on and how Trump is trying to improve America I have been studying a lot more on politics and wanted to join here to read up on your opinions and discussions. If you have any top 10 books or articles or websites or blogs or anything else you would like to share with a newbie then I would gladly accept them with gratitude. Cheers.
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That he might be doing it wrong does not negate that he is trying.
But, and no other comparison is intended, Adolf Hitler was trying to improve Germany in 1933. And in some ways he did: the economy improved, a national self-esteem was raised, the Volkswagen was produced, and a great highway system was established.
Did ANY of that make up for the result?
If you haven't yet read "The Fountainhead," it too has so much of real life, it is almost non-fiction -- and it was begun in the 1930s.
"The Market for Liberty" by Morris and Linda Tannehill
"How I fFound Freedom in an Unfree World" by
Harry Browne
1) Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal (Some of the chapters are a little dated, but it is still good)
2) The Virtue of Selfishness. This is about Rand’s ethics, which is one of her crowing achievements and key to understanding her political philosophy. She bases on ethics on objective reality, specifically the nature of man.
3) Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology: Objectivism is ultimately about reason.
The problem with only reading Rand’s works is that you will not understand what she is arguing about and will be confused how it applies in a new situation. So you should understand the difference between Plato and Aristotle’s epistemology and metaphysics. There are a number of great youtube talks on point. Almost all philosophers of any note are essentially in the Plato or Aristotle camp. You should also understand David Hume’s attack or reason and science. Hume is a pure skeptic so he is not really part of Plato or Aristotle. You should understand why Hume’s arguments are wrong. There is a great article in SavvyStreet by me on point. You should check out the youtubes by the Atlas Society and the Ayn Rand Institute. Two great blog/ magazines on point are SavvyStreet and The Objectivist Standard.
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Titled "introducing objectivism"
Have you read "For The New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand" yet?
A good starter for her Objectivist philosophy.
Depending on your interests, I'd recommend:
Anything by Ayn Rand (of course) and others might be able to suggest which books to start with. Rand published several periodicals that are good reading: The Objectivist, The Objectivist Newsletter, The Ayn Rand Letter.
The Creature From Jekyll Island by G. Edward Griffin for the facts about the corrupt banking cartel and how it loots us all every single day..
The Real Lincoln by Thomas DiLorenzo for the history lesson you missed on the eternal cover-up of dis-honest Abe.
The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein
The God of the Machine by Isabel Paterson
The Discovery of Freedom by Rose Wilder Lane
The Machinery of Freedom by David Friedman
The Road to Serfdom by F A Hayek
Conscience of a Conservative by Barry Goldwater