>What's most disturbing isn't the personal drama but what this reveals about how Objectivism operates in practice. For a philosophy obsessed with reason and independence,
ideology. People pervert everything into ideology.
> its institutional guardians seem remarkably focused on excommunication, loyalty tests, and controlling access to primary sources. The gap between preaching individualism while demanding conformity has always been the movement's central contradiction.
that can be said about any ideology. Ideologies can be different yet those guardians and the gap between declaration and practice is always the same.
ideology. People pervert everything into ideology.
> its institutional guardians seem remarkably focused on excommunication, loyalty tests, and controlling access to primary sources. The gap between preaching individualism while demanding conformity has always been the movement's central contradiction.
that can be said about any ideology. Ideologies can be different yet those guardians and the gap between declaration and practice is always the same.