well, this turn out different

well, it was funny. at first i wanted to talk about the fact that i am sick. and it all change yesterday. i was talking to this boss of mine at my new work place. and we got into a sticky discussion or at least what would have been a sticky discussion if he had not been the one leading the conversation.

well, we talk about politics and then... something which i tread lightly... philosophy. well, i know who i am... and my way of thinking has always been different. so it is not something i voice so openly. well, anyway all this time i never knew what was the name of my way of thinking. i mean i know it's not the regular stuff and i don't mean that in a condescending tone. it's just i don't know what are the names of the different view. but i do know, there isn't a lot of "me" out there.

So, after about ninety minutes of talking, i found out, on a political point of view i am a liberal, not sure of the subcategory yet. As for my philosophical point of view, I AM AN OBJECTIVIST. well, there is a link to the way i see the world.

well, the most surprising thing that i would say is that i form this point of view without being influence by Ayn Rand works. i thought there was nobody like me or at least there wasn't a group out there like me. maybe one or two poor souls out there trying to justify the way they see the world. How naive am i? out of 8 billion people out there and i thought there wouldn't have been a movement that suits me just nicely.

anyway let me explain how i see the world or at least from the points Ayn Rand makes.

1. Reality exists as an objective absolute—facts are facts, independent of man’s feelings, wishes, hopes or fears.
2. Reason (the faculty which identifies and integrates the material provided by man’s senses) is man’s only means of perceiving reality, his only source of knowledge, his only guide to action, and his basic means of survival.
3. Man—every man—is an end in himself, not the means to the ends of others. He must exist for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to others nor sacrificing others to himself. The pursuit of his own rational self-interest and of his own happiness is the highest moral purpose of his life.
4. The ideal political-economic system is laissez-faire. It is a system where men deal with one another, not as victims and executioners, nor as masters and slaves, but as, by free, voluntary exchange to mutual benefit. It is a system where no man may obtain any from others by resorting to physical force, and no man may initiate the use of physical force. The acts only as a policeman that protects man’s; it uses physical force only in retaliation and only against those who initiate its use, such as criminals or foreign invaders. In a system of full capitalism, there should be (but, historically, has not yet been) a complete separation of state and economics, in the same way and for the same reasons as the separation of state and church.

Now let me explain the points above.

1. I look at facts alone. I don't let emotion get in the way of facts.
2. Well, the second point ties to the first point in the sense, i value logic above everything.
3. Now this point is very interesting. some people consider this view selfish or self centered or some other similar description. I don't live to sacrifice myself for anybody just because it's consider a good thing(emotions). I see it as i do what i must to make sure i'm happy. And it doesn't mean i never do a good deed, it's just i don't see it as a good deed. well, of course there are something that i do that isn't all that nice either.
4. Now, this point just means that, i value competition above anything else. Anything that supports the weak trying to bring everything up as a hold is bound to fail, from my point of view.
   

So, i am going avoid giving example at this point cause i don't see how it could end up with a smile. my views are already different. don't need to add more to the mix. So with this, i've one question. Any objectivist out there that i actually know?