Note the quotation marks. Once in a while I hear this from somebody. Someone will say something to the effect that they agree with Objectivism because they already came up with it themselves before they read any of it. Well, I have it on good authority (Harry Binswanger) that 90% of it has never been said before. It took Ayn Rand many years and tremendous effort to formulate all of it, and she was clearly a genius. And you came up with the exact same thing, just in your own head, in your spare time? Excuse me if I am a little skeptical. I suspect that the person who makes this claim hasn't actually read much of the Objectivist writings. Try reading some! If you have read Atlas Shrugged then move on to OPAR. I knew somebody like that many years ago who I lost touch with. He found me on Facebook a couple years ago. But guess what! Now he is a total socialist/communist, basically the exact opposite of an Objectivist. There are no good arguments for socialism, so apparently he just felt like changing his mind one day. Rand doesn't agree with him anymore, oh well! ;P I was a little shocked but not surprised. It takes effort to understand Objectivism, people. You can't pick it up by osmosis. Even if you think you understand it, applying it takes effort. Remember, selfishness is not easy, people! Selfishness is hard!
(PS for those who don't what that means. What I mean is, you have to think to figure out what is actually in your self-interest to do. Selfishness is not just doing whatever you feel like.)
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