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I’m Just a Greedy, Selfish, Privileged Jerk

My generation is being taught that as long as they study something they think is fun, the money is going to come. So we have millions of young adults spending 5+ years studying something they find fun, going into debt, and psychologically preparing for an upper-middle class lifestyle. Then reality sets in, their degree is borderline worthless, they’re in massive debt, and they’re still freaking poor kids who are happy if they get a low-paying job. They lose half a decade, tens of thousands of dollars, and they’ll pay for those decisions for the rest of their lives. This wouldn’t be nearly as bad if it wasn’t that literally all the smart people my age are doing it. Because everyone’s doing it, this essentially pushes the US economy off a consumer-debt, unsatisfied-life … Read entire article »

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Identity and Morality

Authority is inherent with identity. You have authority over your identity. You have authority over using your legs because they are yours — authority, or rights, are found in self-ownership. All social understandings of morality is based upon this, explicitely or implicitly, intentionally or accidental. Mainstream Acceptance Both conservative and progressive beliefs are based on this concept of authority. Progressives believe that it is wrong to legislate morality, like banning pornography, homosexuality, etc. They believe that you have a right over your own body to do what you like, at least to a certain extent. Their standard for the limits of this right is fuzzy at best. Conservatives believe it is wrong to violate what they call “individual rights”, though exactly what those rights are is never really understood, accept through the lens of … Read entire article »

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Reason and Capitalism.

The following is the former home-page of Reason and Capitalism. ShaunConnell.com has since gone on to focus on business, blogging, working at home and making money online. Millions around the world have abandoned reason as being cold and unpoetic, and have concluded their theories purely on emotional and cultural pressures. Without logic to guide their conclusions, their conclusions clash and contradict, leaving us without true guidance. Capitalism and a desire for profit, called … Read entire article »

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Total Makeover?

As many of you know, I love blogging about Making Money Online — it’s a great hobby and part-time job for me. I’ve bought a lap-top and some other cool stuff with my income generated through my blogs. I’m the main author and operator of Reason and Capitalism, Rebirth of Freedom, … Read entire article »

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Be a Savior

I have really strange taste in music. I like Irish Punk, classic rock, classical music period, heavy, and pretty much everything in between. The following song by My Chemical Romance is one of my favorites. It’s about a man who’s on his deathbed, and is thinking back on his favorite memory, when his father took him to a parade, and asked him to use his life to help others. The first lyrics are simply incredible. Welcome To The Black Parade Lyrics When I was a young boy, My father took me into the city To see a marching band. He said, “Son when you grow up, will you be the saviour of the broken, The beaten and the damned?” He said “Will you defeat them, your demons, and all the non believers, the plans that they have made?” Because one … Read entire article »

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Wealth and Poverty

Perhaps the most fundamental misunderstanding of economics is how wealth is viewed. Wealth is seen as natural. It is thought that wealth should be given — redistributed among people. Wealth is seen as something that already exists, rather than what is really true — the exact opposite. Wealth is not natural. Take a man and place him in the wild, and you will see that He has no fire — until he sparks the flame. He has no shelter — until he builds it. He has nothing. Nature gives him nothing — he is naturally poor. Wealth, then, is unnatural. It must be created — not just redistributed. This fact seems forgotten or utterly missed, even by populist economists who support heavily restrictive economic policies rather than capitalism. So how do we … Read entire article »

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Making a Profit

There is a frightening movement that has existed since man first bartered. The movement views profit (or “greed”) as evil. Self-interest is seen as wrong. The root of the movement is that “greedy” people are evil, that they don’t care about the poor. Because we do. My family owns a business, and we have dozens of similar friends. We donate to the poor constantly. We donate out of love. Not because the man with the badge has a gun to our heads, but because we are moral. I hate to be over dramatic, but the idea of capitalists seeking profit so they don’t care about the poor is simply dehumanizing. Desiring the comforts of life and hence working to achieve those comforts doesn’t mean we are evil. Wanting to have success … Read entire article »

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Introduction to Capitalism

Capitalism, both morally and pragmatically, is not just justified — it’s dramatically needed. The economic and moral benefit of resorting to the system of financial freedom is absurdly necessary. I will not pretend to be unbiased here. Though I used to support economic restriction, years of research and contemplation have brought me to the conclusion that anything less than capitalism is not only destined to failure — it’s wrong. Capitalism helps the poor by raising the average standard of living — this is why the poor in the US would be considered rich in other countries. This is, of course, not to say that the standard of living could be hire — hence the need to stop the economic prohibitive laws. Capitalism helps the middle class by allowing them to invest to a … Read entire article »

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Short Stories

I’ve not been into fiction since I was 12 or so. I’ve always been into non-fiction because of the substance. But currently digress from my traditional status on fiction because of a new blog a friend of mine set up. He’s in college, and is more of a poetic kind of writer — but rather than having no point, his stories revolve around a point. Plus the stories are absolutely beautiful. Bedtime stories for all ages. … Read entire article »

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Christian Objectivism

What always shocks me is how Christians view the principles of Objectivism as clashing with the principles of God and Christ, usually without any substantiation at all. The only way I can even fathom this happening, is on the basis of the ego (self-worth) and selfishness (self-interest). This post will probably be short, as I’m simply going to debunk the idea that Christianity and Objectivism aren’t compatible. Objectivism is not contrary to scripture, it compliments scripture. Pride — Ego The Objectivist is famous among all people for having a sense of pride that is disgusting. It … Read entire article »

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