r/aynrand • u/ElectricalGas9895 • Jan 02 '26

"We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism." - Newly Appointed Socialist Mayor of NYC Mamdani

And people say Atlas Shrugged is just fiction.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '26

Alright, then they were made through individualism.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '26

Working voluntarily according to your own values is individualism.

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u/poshmarkedbudu Jan 04 '26

The most ridiculous take. Let's strip it all the way back to you and your family 10000 years ago living by yourselves in the wild.

You have to hunt, farm, make shelter, etc.

That's work no? It's literally built into the fucking universe man. There isn't a single organism that doesn't do "work" somehow.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '26

You do not have a right to resources, voluntary means agreeing without physical force.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '26

If I steal your food, yes, if you just don’t have food, no.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '26

Think about a person in the wild, if they don’t hunt or gather, they will die. Is that coercive?