CM,

I have no doubt that communism is seeping back. I'm not saying that some people are Communists; I leave that for people who are actual Communist Party members. I am referring to the political ideology of communism that most people these days, certainly the young, don't understand, and don't know that it is the doctrine they are adhering to. Nor do they know about the horrors of communism.

I like your idea of "localism". Communistic ideas have been part of another hideous doctrine, globalisation. Trade with China, which is NOT OK just because rich people want to be richer, and to hell with human rights, freedoms, jobs and local manufacturing of vital things, including medicines that Beijing can block anytime they wish to in their ongoing war against the West.

The Albanese government is madly trying to change the population - with little resistance from the Opposition. Our only solution is to change our political class. (and make them fear us as politicians used to fear the voting public) Voters must learn to use the preferential system intelligently, and not leave it to their preferred candidate to tell them what to do. They need to take more interest in politics generally, and learn more about the minor parties and independents, instead of taking notice of what the mainstream politicians say about the options. It's only the possible success of these options that frightens Labor, Liberal and the Greens.
Posted by ttbn, Thursday, 28 September 2023 1:51:39 PM

Well put ttbn. Kudos.

Generally I don't have an issue with people making money but there is a point where making money becomes genocidal treason.
Ayn Rand (and Nietzsche) in her Objectivist philosophy and "Atlas Shrugged" argues that productive people create life whereas those that resent productive people create death. Nietzsche in Genealogy Of Morals compares two philosophical codes- Knightly/ Priestly codes. The Knightly code defines goodness as basically the Hebrew academic Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs.

Ayn Rand misses/ ignores some subtleties but can probably be excused to highlight the bones of the argument- somewhat biased in favour of Hebrew's and racist multiculturalism- but her New York feedback group seems to have been structured to suit the western mind- which is why she has been so influential.

SteeleRedux seems to be unable to accept any philosophy but Communism- in my view this makes him totalitarian. 100 million people were apparently murdered for ideology under Communism's global totalitarian view and yet those advocating Communist ideas seem to present anti-Communists as global genocidal murderers.

Dear Steele,

My apologies for not responding earlier. I had used up
my posts and had to wait.

I appreciated the way you supported me. Your support means
a great deal.

ttbn accuses me of being heavily depended on expert opinions.
What I do is present information from a wide variety of
sources, experts in their relative fields and provide
accompanying links as appropriate.

Most people do the same on this forum. It's an occupational
habit for me. He then says I look like a fool because of the
typing errors I make when presenting links at times. I've
explained in several discussions that I need an eye operation
because my sight is failing. So I do make typos.

His thinking that I'm a fool says more about him than it
does about me.

BTW: - Where does he get his sources of information from to
make his opinions ?

It appears that no matter what I do or say - he has to attack.
Then it's my fault for reacting.

Trying to stay positive is becoming harder to do.

Ayn Rand did criticize those business people that used their productive influence to stop other people producing. She argued that in order to become wealthy- products need to be created that people value- the productive should benefit from their efforts. Creating things of value makes life easier for everyone- even the poor- commodities are cheaper- innovative and time saving products give everyone more time. In theory production creates life. Scotsman Adam Smith in Wealth Of Nations talked about how division of labour creates value in a "production line". Other theorists such as French gunsmith Honoré LeBlanc talk about the value created by "standardized interchangeable parts". Henry Ford invented the "moving production line".

http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/interchangeable-parts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interchangeable_parts

Ubiquitous consumer goods became possible through these developments.

CM

I just heard a truism. The ALP is not interested in saving Australia: it is interested only in saving the ALP.