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Posted on January 1, 1983October 29, 2019

Environmentalism vs. Human Welfare (published in Free Times)

I would like to challenge the assertion of the article “A Look into the Rainforest” (November 3) that we can join in the efforts of the environmental movement to halt the “destruction of the rainforest” from a “firm stance of self-interest.”

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“Individualism regards man—every man—as an independent, sovereign entity who possesses an inalienable right to his own life, a right derived from his nature as a rational being. Individualism holds that a civilized society, or any form of association, cooperation or peaceful coexistence among men can be achieved only on the basis of the recognition of individual rights—and that a group, as such, has no rights other than the individual rights of its members.”—Ayn Rand

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24 Jan 1617933914307457027

@lifebiomedguru @jeffreyatucker Yes, please provide the source

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@callmevlad One can care about the economic equality of groups or the economic well-being of the individuals within them, not both: http://bit.ly/2QBmWG4

As free markets have increased, poverty has decreased: http://bit.ly/2wKhtGT

I've never met anyone who believes the earth is flat.

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@ErikSherman "Misclassification" is an illegitimate concept that abrogates the principle that employers and employees have a right to contract freely under whatever terms they mutually judge to reflect their self-interest.

The legitimate and only purpose of government is to protect rights.

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3 Feb 2020 1224451220581974017

@callmevlad White supremacism is an instance of racism, which is an instance of collectivism, which is irrational and destructive because it views abstract categories of human beings as real and individuals as not. I'm fighting all of the above by spreading the philosophy of individualism.

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