How did you find out that I am insurrectionist filth? I thought this forum kept privacy.
nevertheless, I shall trudge along. Here: progressives and unionist teachers destroyed literacy in USA by promoting an insane, elitist, toxic method of teaching reading. Naturally, they demand more money. Media literacy, without fixing this disaster, means "Let them look at pictures and vids."
Do not let children touch electronics until they can read real books and write by hand with pencil/pen and paper.
There is a vital connection of cognition many many thousands of years old established by evolution. To deprive a child of this is an atrocity. They can apply their literate selves to electronics as an afterthought.
CA public schools have a big task ahead: "Whole Language" and all its other names, has been thoroughly trounced, denounced, and utterly slammed into the ground. Like, on the New York Times level.
Now, teachers must learn to teach reading the right way, Systematic Phonics First (SPF) to K-2.
Public school teachers, 1) have been told all along that SPF is irrelevant, and even fascist; 2) do not know how to teach reading via SPF.
Schools of education are in even worse shape. They don't know how to teach teachers to teach students via SPF! And they are not exactly happy with this turn of events.
Put down the computers and phones. Open real books.
Ayn Rand would never say it is wrong to risk one's life to save a drowning child, per se. She would say it is wicked to through one's life away thoughtlessly.
And anyway, this is a "lifeboat" scenario. Important ethics pertains to the billions and billions of judgements a human must make in all phases of decades of life, not in emergencies. How do you find Rand's ethics on that score?
There is no analogy between Sc. and Obj. culture whatsoever. That is, as long as one deploys an accurate assessment of Objectivism.
In my opinion, a person must have made at least some personally-validated facts by which to reach "suspicious by default." Something other than hearsay.
You are not reading it right. Objectivism affords the utmost respect for all humans and protects individual rights with a ferocious passion. There is no "screwing over" of anyone in Objectivism.
Oh. No, I did not know that. Then my question mark needs to get posted to the readership. Why did you people click "insightfull" on a post that is only a slam, with zero actual information, let alone insight.
Mason Wheeler's post about Ayn Rand contained zero insight. It is just a slam, namely that Rand's identification of capitalism is a 'twisted monstrosity' and 'maliciously harmful.' As such, it counts on the tapping the pre-existing meme pool on Rand that floats like pond scum on the left-progressive internet.
I challenged him to elucidate these horrible "sins" of Objectivist and the only post he made was some lame non-sequitur.
How can you award this meaningless slapper post "insightful comment of the week?"
So this article, and all comments, maintains high disdain and hatred of this tiny problem. Have at it, take your best shots, get your venom going.
Meanwhile, can you all state that other than this tiny issue of academic access of e-versions, you all support tremendous support for actual copyright ownership of intellectual property and denounce all piracy?
Both depressions were caused by state intrusion into private enterprise. So don't blame capitalism for them.
I suggest you visualize the state of the world if you remove REAL capitalism -- private transactions freely entered into using absolute trade or hard money. In otherwords 1350 A.D. or so. Do you want to return to feudalism? Communism? Or what?
Also, executives and investors in corporations pay a significant portion of the 'individual' tax revenue. 47% of American citizens pay no income tax, as famously now understood.
Go ahead and discuss "things as they are." However, your claim that the current cartelism is a natural feature and your suggestion to not examine capitalism "in its essentials" sets up the drift to things as they are, which is not capitalism.
Moreover, there was a long period in history, the Golden Age of Capitalism from roughly the Civil War to World War 1, when crony capitalism (aka government-coerced monopolies) was kept somewhat at bay. It does not have to be like it is today.
Well, I guess that I am guilty, since I am an Objectivist for 50 years. Please inform me of my exact sins under "an ideology that is actively and maliciously harmful to those around them" and I will attempt contrition.
Miss Rand will have to atone on her own for defining capitalism as a "twisted monstrosity."
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Now I am Naked
How did you find out that I am insurrectionist filth? I thought this forum kept privacy. nevertheless, I shall trudge along. Here: progressives and unionist teachers destroyed literacy in USA by promoting an insane, elitist, toxic method of teaching reading. Naturally, they demand more money. Media literacy, without fixing this disaster, means "Let them look at pictures and vids."
Take away social, add reading
Do not let children touch electronics until they can read real books and write by hand with pencil/pen and paper. There is a vital connection of cognition many many thousands of years old established by evolution. To deprive a child of this is an atrocity. They can apply their literate selves to electronics as an afterthought.
Take away social, add reading
CA public schools have a big task ahead: "Whole Language" and all its other names, has been thoroughly trounced, denounced, and utterly slammed into the ground. Like, on the New York Times level. Now, teachers must learn to teach reading the right way, Systematic Phonics First (SPF) to K-2. Public school teachers, 1) have been told all along that SPF is irrelevant, and even fascist; 2) do not know how to teach reading via SPF. Schools of education are in even worse shape. They don't know how to teach teachers to teach students via SPF! And they are not exactly happy with this turn of events. Put down the computers and phones. Open real books.
Re: Re: Re: Zero insight
"Throw" I meant.
Re: Re: Zero insight
You'd better cite. You have it wrong.
Ayn Rand would never say it is wrong to risk one's life to save a drowning child, per se. She would say it is wicked to through one's life away thoughtlessly.
And anyway, this is a "lifeboat" scenario. Important ethics pertains to the billions and billions of judgements a human must make in all phases of decades of life, not in emergencies. How do you find Rand's ethics on that score?
Re: Re: oh.
There is no analogy between Sc. and Obj. culture whatsoever. That is, as long as one deploys an accurate assessment of Objectivism.
In my opinion, a person must have made at least some personally-validated facts by which to reach "suspicious by default." Something other than hearsay.
Re: Re: Re: Zero insight
You are not reading it right.
Objectivism affords the utmost respect for all humans and protects individual rights with a ferocious passion. There is no "screwing over" of anyone in Objectivism.
oh.
Oh. No, I did not know that. Then my question mark needs to get posted to the readership. Why did you people click "insightfull" on a post that is only a slam, with zero actual information, let alone insight.
Zero insight
Mason Wheeler's post about Ayn Rand contained zero insight. It is just a slam, namely that Rand's identification of capitalism is a 'twisted monstrosity' and 'maliciously harmful.' As such, it counts on the tapping the pre-existing meme pool on Rand that floats like pond scum on the left-progressive internet.
I challenged him to elucidate these horrible "sins" of Objectivist and the only post he made was some lame non-sequitur.
How can you award this meaningless slapper post "insightful comment of the week?"
Thou protests way too much
So this article, and all comments, maintains high disdain and hatred of this tiny problem. Have at it, take your best shots, get your venom going.
Meanwhile, can you all state that other than this tiny issue of academic access of e-versions, you all support tremendous support for actual copyright ownership of intellectual property and denounce all piracy?
Re: Re: Re: Re: Confirmation bias? Things as they are...
Both depressions were caused by state intrusion into private enterprise. So don't blame capitalism for them.
I suggest you visualize the state of the world if you remove REAL capitalism -- private transactions freely entered into using absolute trade or hard money. In otherwords 1350 A.D. or so. Do you want to return to feudalism? Communism? Or what?
corporations pay taxes, a lot
Corporations pay 28% of the Federal Tax collected, namely 11% directly and half of the 'payroll tax.'v
http://nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-budget-101/revenues/
Also, executives and investors in corporations pay a significant portion of the 'individual' tax revenue. 47% of American citizens pay no income tax, as famously now understood.
Re: Re: Confirmation bias? Things as they are...
Go ahead and discuss "things as they are." However, your claim that the current cartelism is a natural feature and your suggestion to not examine capitalism "in its essentials" sets up the drift to things as they are, which is not capitalism.
Moreover, there was a long period in history, the Golden Age of Capitalism from roughly the Civil War to World War 1, when crony capitalism (aka government-coerced monopolies) was kept somewhat at bay. It does not have to be like it is today.
Excellent
Yes, take the personhood away. Then companies will not have to pay any taxes.
Re: guilty
Well, I guess that I am guilty, since I am an Objectivist for 50 years. Please inform me of my exact sins under "an ideology that is actively and maliciously harmful to those around them" and I will attempt contrition.
Miss Rand will have to atone on her own for defining capitalism as a "twisted monstrosity."