 The final face-up
by Manfred F. Schieder
Ours is the time of the final face-up, for after the extended time from when our species separated from our irrational ancestors to where civilization was built, we are now facing religious as well as secular groups determined to move mankind away from civilization and back to an era of pre-language, as Ayn Rand stated in her opus magnun "Atlas Shrugged". (Read more...)
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 There are no gods
by Manfred F. Schieder
An Objectivist's proof of the nonexistence of any kind of god. (Read more...)
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 AN OBJECTIVIST’S VIEWPOINT OF THE DEATH PENALTY
by Manfred F. Schieder
This article summarizes the author's viewpoint on the application of the death penalty in the case of willful murder as a means of social hygiene. (Read more...)
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Strength and Weakness of Socialism
by Manfred F. Schieder
Which is the strength and, at the same time, total weakness of Socialism or why does Capitalism fail in its endeavor to convince, while giving such good benefits to the general population in the rarely attained opportunities when it is effectively applied? (Read more...)
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WHY IS CAPITALISM HATED?
by Manfred F. Schieder
An Objectivist analysis of the motives that move people to hate Capitalism. (Read more...)
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The Lullaby Yoke
by Manfred F. Schieder
The steadfast devotion to the premises of collectivism reveals a rejection of reality and an adherence to remain attached to fantastic visions. It conforms the mentality of societies that despise progress and the personal involvement related with it. Such societies remain attached to the past, to the yoke of lullabies whispering the venom of its lies, societies that can barely, if at all, be called civilized, though they would very much like to be considered as such. Since these societies are a contradiction with evolution itself, we are now crossing a time of great transition toward a new type of society whose economic basis is Capitalism, a rational society corresponding to a species that is entering the stage of rationality. (Read more...)
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 ALIGNING the CITIZEN
by Manfred F. Schieder
Aligning the citizen to its politico-social credo, which is the declared purpose of every collectivist and collectivist biased intellectual or politician, uses education to mould the citizen to whatever it commands, i.e.to adapt to what the ruling group demands. The Montessori method opposes this purpose by teaching the growing child to grasp the nature of reality, learn to deal with it and use his acquired knowledge to assert himself as an individual. (Read more...)
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 Religion & Liberalism (*)
by Manfred F. Schieder
The author published the essence of this article some 25 years ago in an Argentine newsmagazine. In spite of the time gone by, the topic has, unfortunately, not lost its primacy. It is as actual and as pressing as it was then, particularly in view of the recent anti-capitalist declarations by the present Pope Benedict 16. (Read more...)
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Quo vadis, Businessmen?
by Manfred F. Schieder
True, free businessmen are facing the situation of the renewed attempt by governments all over the world to establish collectivist systems that, as history proved many times over, throw the general population into dictatorships and, thus, a life of famine and despair. The article poses the question if businessmen have noticed this menacing purpose and presents the answer to face it from the very start. (Read more...)
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Society as an End and Society as a Means
by Manfred F. Schieder
Which of both is the type of society corresponding to the rational, free, peaceful and productive individual? This article presents the analysis in favor of the correct foundation of coexistence. (Read more...)
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 Degrading Art
by Manfred F. Schieder
For long stretches of time, art has been used to nullify reason as the characteristic that identifies human beings. Nowadays, through "modern art", it display existence as worthless and despicable. But art is the tool to show the universe and life's magnificence and also the means to promote the creation of a rational type of society. As such, it deserves greatest attention and respect. (Read more...)
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Implementing Capitalism
by Manfred F. Schieder
The implementation of liberalism (in the European sense of the term) as the future social system and Capitalism as its economic tool, requires the previous training of the future administrators that will take up the practical task of reforming the present form and content of governments into Administrations of the Means of Defense of the Rights of the Individual. This article contemplates some of the topics involved. (Read more...)
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The Dubai Marvels
by Manfred F. Schieder
The architectural and engineering achievements being nowadays set up in Dubai, at the United Arab Emirates, are testimonies of human ingenuity and capacity, but they are also symbols marking the amazing depth that human immorality has now reached. Peaceful, productive life and togetherness among different human races, nations and populations require from all involved a strict adherence to the personal, individual rights to life and limb. (Read more...)
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RELIGULOUS: Mankind, a rational Species? Ha!
by Manfred F. Schieder
"Religulous", the movie that inspired this article, points out the fact that mankind is moving at top-speed to the abyss of its destruction due to the malevolent spirit of faith and force, the corollaries that Ayn Rand clearly described in her essay "Faith and Force: The Destroyers of the Modern World." This is a call to action to avoid this dark prospect. (Read more...)
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 ANALYSIS of a QUOTE
by Manfred F. Schieder
This article comprises a full analysis of a quote of mine published by "Rebirth of Reason". It aims to clear some misunderstandings among several readers. At the end the reader will find a theorem or summary of the content, though it is recommended to read the article first. (Read more...)
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Gustave Courbet and "The Origin of the World"
by Manfred F. Schieder
Gustave Courbet pointed out the exact moment at which the world begins to exist for each of us human beings. The knowledge of this one and only existence is a stern call to fill our life with peaceful, productive efforts that allow us to seek and reach personal happiness. (Read more...)
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January 21, 2009 |
Preparing for Capitalism
by Manfred F. Schieder
While the present worldwide situation doesn't make it seem likely that the time for the establishment of a Capitalist social system is at hand, evolution itself proves that this moment must arrive. But the changes involved require the activity of previously prepared managers for the establishment of the Capitalist system. This article takes up the administrative requirements and further theoretical and practical tasks this feat will involve. (Read more...)
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Ayn Rand and the End of Malthus
by Manfred F. Schieder
The existing altruistic type of society that characterized mankind's existence up to now, belongs to the realm of the irrational animals and is, thus, kept within bounds by Malthus' "solutions": hunger, plagues (diseases) and wars. The type of society that characterizes the rational human being, avoids these prospects by applying a totally different code of social existence. (Read more...)
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Art and Evolution
by Manfred F. Schieder
Painting and sculpture clearly depict and describe mankind's painful growth to what nature's evolution itself automatically designed it to be: beings characterized by the faculty of reason, a faculty whose development itself history has shown to be a stumbling, hesitant progress toward the goal of total fulfillment. The article analyzes the evolution of man from the point of view of his aesthetic efforts and the colossal task that lies ahead. (Read more...)
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Wednesday
November 19, 2008 |
Paul K. Driessen and Ayn Rand: A Book and a Campaign to Change the World
by Manfred F. Schieder
Objectivists have an extraordinarily great opportunity to spread the Objectivist ideas on a worldwide basis, as applied to a most worthwhile cause: to raise the poor from their poverty on their own bootstraps. (Read more...)
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This Strange Thing Called Capitalism
by Manfred F. Schieder
A short analysis of what Capitalism really is. (Read more...)
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Martin Wolf and the Soft Way against Globalization
by Manfred F. Schieder
An analysis of Martin Wolf's book "Why Globalization Works", pointing out that his support lacks the required recognition of the basis that makes globalization efficient. (Read more...)
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The Refueling of our Power for Creation
by Manfred F. Schieder
Ayn Rand, I, and the Universe, Part 7 and 8 (Read more...)
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The Logically Resulting Type of Society
by Manfred F. Schieder
Ayn Rand, I, and the Universe, Part 6 [Editor's Note: Last week I accidentally clipped two sections out of the end of this article. Here it is with those two sections restored.] (Read more...)
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The Required Change of Ethics
by Manfred F. Schieder
Ayn Rand, I, And the Universe, Part 5 (Read more...)
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