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Ayn Rand

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And Napoleon Hill


The ancient Greek philosopher, Aristotle, describes a divine being as ... "The Prime Mover who is responsible for the unity and purposefulness of nature." His writings include works on physics, astronomy, meteorology, plants, animals, psychology and other disciplines.  

Aristotle's thinking, reflected in his writings, has helped to shape and texture our thought, our language and to give man a sense of 'common sense.' In the 20th century, a new appreciation has developed of Aristotle's method and its relevance to education, literary criticism, the analysis of human action, and political analysis. They remain valid today.  

Aristotle's major contributions to the building of a nation, such as New Utopia, are found in his books "Ethics" and "The Politics." Both are studies of practical knowledge, which help mankind to live as happily as possible, and to live well. "Man is a creature of reason. If we are to achieve our true meaning and happiness, we must reason."  

It is here that Ayn Rand may have drawn her baseline for Objectivism. From these basic premises of knowledge and understanding, man has evolved to the present day.  

Of all the modern writers in the century preceding 2000, two were prodigious in their writings and are unique, in that they profoundly influenced the lives of millions of readers. They were Ayn Rand and Napoleon Hill. 

AYN RAND: She Created the Concept.  

NAPOLEON HILL: He Revealed the Means.  

Ayn Rand wrote the blueprint for New Utopia in her masterpiece, "Atlas Shrugged," published in 1957. This gripping literary classic is an economic mystery story. It's central plot scenario portrays the systematic purge, by society itself, of its own great achievers. The achievers, whom Rand called the "Prime Movers", went on STRIKE from collectivist society and secretly created their own community. In the novel, it was called "Galt's Gulch," named after its founder, John Galt.  

Napoleon Hill revealed the means of inspiration and achievement. He was also the first to envision the Internet. "The Laws of Success," was published in 1928. Hill's Theory of the Mastermind, explained how information could pass from one mind to others through the ether. (Such a futuristic concept, in 1928, is not that far removed from what we now know as the Internet.) His later book, "Think and Grow Rich," captures the essence of his theory, but fails to expand on the scientific data detailed in the original work, which Hill obtained from Alexander Graham Bell.  

Napoleon Hill was a theist, but contemptuous of organized religion. His emphasis on faith was more scientific in nature, rather than mystical. He believed that faith, like sex, was a mind stimulant. Used properly, and directed toward a desired goal, he believed that faith caused a chemical reaction in the mind, which served to release energy and creativity. More importantly, he believed that the opposite of faith, namely doubt and fear, were the great enemies of achievement. He saw them as disintegrating elements, which break up the straight line of effort, rendering it ineffective and self defeating. Even staunch objectivists would have difficulty in finding fault with such thinking.  

Both Ayn Rand and Napoleon Hill are no longer among the living. However, their ideas are alive and flourishing. Each has achieved their fondest dreams. They have become major motivating forces in the minds of the most creative and productive people on Earth.  

Scholars who have taken time to study the work of both will find little actual disagreement between the philosophies of these two great minds. Both appreciated truth as paramount to a successful life and great achievement. "The emotions of faith, love, and sex are the most powerful of all the major positive emotions. When the three are blended, they have the effect of 'coloring' thought in such a way that it instantly reaches the subconscious mind, where it is changed into its spiritual equivalent, the only form that induces a response from Infinite Intelligence." (Napoleon Hill, Think And Grow Rich, - page 49)  

"All down the ages, the religionists have admonished struggling humanity to 'have faith' in this, and that, and the other dogma or creed, but they have failed to tell people how to have faith. They have not stated that 'faith' is a state of mind that may be induced by self-suggestion." "Faith is the 'eternal elixir' which gives life, power, and action to the impulse of thought! Faith is the starting point of all accumulation of riches! Faith is the basis of all 'miracles,' and all mysteries which cannot be analyzed by the rules of science! Faith is the only known antidote for failure!" (Napoleon Hill - Think And Grow Rich - page 52)  

"Riches begin in the form of thought! The amount is limited only by the person in whose mind the thought is put into motion. Faith removes limitations!" (-Napoleon Hill, Think And Grow Rich, - page 66)  

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: The Library of Congress conducted a survey asking which books most influenced reader's lives. Number one, by a wide margin, was the Bible. In second and third places were Atlas Shrugged and Think and Grow Rich.  

AYN RAND, on Government:  

"The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence. A proper government is only a policeman, acting as an agent of man's self-defense, and, as such, may resort to force only against those who start the use of force. The only proper functions of a government are: the police, to protect you from criminals; the army, to protect you from foreign invaders; and the courts, to protect your property and contracts from breach or fraud by others, and to settle disputes by rational rules, according to objective law."  

"Now what happens in a case of a disagreement between two men about an undertaking in which both are involved? In a free society, men are not forced to deal with one another. They do so only by voluntary agreement and, when a time element is involved, by contract. If a contract is broken by the arbitrary decision of one man, it may cause a disastrous financial injury to the other - and the victim would have no recourse except to seize the offender's property as compensation. But here again, the use of force cannot be left to the decision of private individuals. And this leads to one of the most important and most complex functions of the government: the function of an arbiter who settles disputes among men according to objective laws."  

AYN RAND, on Capitalism:  

"When I say 'capitalism', I mean a full, pure, uncontrolled, unregulated laissez-faire capitalism - with a separation of state and economics, in the same way and for the same reasons as the separation of state and church. A pure system of capitalism has never yet existed, not even in America; various degrees of government control had been undercutting and distorting it from the start. Capitalism is not the system of the past; it is the system of the future - if man is to have a future."  

AYN RAND, on a Free Society:  

"If one wishes to advocate a free society - that is capitalism - one must realize that its indispensable foundation is the principle of individual rights. One must realize that capitalism is the only system that can uphold and protect them."  

AYN RAND, on How the People of the U.S. Lost their Individual Rights:  

"It was the concept of individual rights that had given birth to a free society [in America]. It was with the destruction of individual rights that the destruction of freedom had to begin."  

"A collectivist tyranny dare not enslave a country by an outright confiscation of its values, material or moral. It has to be done by a process of internal corruption. Just as in the material realm the plundering of a country's wealth is accomplished by inflating the currency - so today, one may witness the process of inflation being applied to the realm of rights. The process entails such a growth of newly promulgated 'rights' that people do not notice the fact that the meaning of the concept is being reversed. Just as bad money drives out good money, so these 'printing press rights' negate authentic rights."  

"The 'gimmick' was the switch of the concept of rights from the political to the economic realm."  

The Democratic Party platform of 1960 summarizes the switch boldly and explicitly. It declares that a Democratic Administration 'will reaffirm the economic bill of rights which Franklin Roosevelt wrote into our national conscience sixteen years ago.'  

"Bear clearly in mind the meaning of the concept of 'rights' when you read the list which that platform offers:  

(1) The Right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or farms or mines of the nation. 
(2) The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation. 
(3) The right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return which will give him and his family a decent living. 
(4) The right of every businessman, large and small, to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair competition and domination by monopolies at home and abroad. 
(5) The right of every family to a decent home. 
(6) The right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health. 
(7) The right to adequate protection from the economic fears of old age, sickness, accidents and unemployment. 
(8) The right to a 'good education'."  

"A single question added to each of the above eight [Democratic Platform] clauses would make the issue clear: "At whose expense?" Jobs, food, clothing, recreation (!), homes, medical care, education, etc., do not grow in nature. These are man-made values - goods and services produced by men. Who is to provide them? If some men are entitled by right to the products of the work of others, it means that those others are deprived of rights and condemned to slave labor."  

"Any alleged 'right' of one man, which necessitates the violation of the rights of another, is not and cannot be a right. No man can have the right to impose an unchosen obligation, and unrewarded duty or an involuntary servitude on another man. There can be no such thing as 'the right to enslave'."  

By the end of LBJ's Presidential term in 1967, almost all of these 'printing press rights' were enacted into law, and thus became institutionalized into the body politic of the United States. It was known at the time, during the build up of the Vietnam War, as the "Guns And Butter" policy. It was financed with deficit spending. This set in motion a chain of events that is now politically; and therefore economically, irreversible and will ultimately bankrupt the nation."  

AYN RAND, on Objectivism:  

"The name I have chosen for my philosophy is Objectivism.... My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute...."  

1. Metaphysics: Objective Reality 
2. Epistemology: Reason 
3. Ethics: Self-interest 
4. Politics: Capitalism  

"If you want this translated into simple language, it would read:  

1. 'Nature to be commanded, must be obeyed' or 'Wishing won't make it so.' 
2. 'You can't have your cake and eat it too.' 
3. 'man is an end in himself.' 
4. 'Give me liberty or give me death.' ..."  

"I regard the spread of Objectivism through today's culture as an intellectual movement -- i.e., a trend among independent individuals who share the same ideas -- but not as an organized movement." -- AYN RAND  

The founders and charter citizens of New Utopia consist of an organized movement of like minded independent libertarian individuals, who have embraced the major political and philosophical principles expounded by the late Ayn Rand, Napoleon Hill, and Robert Heinlein. Absolute economic freedom; Capitalism in its purest form, shall reign supreme, in this new country, where earnings - the fruits of mankind's labors - shall never be subject to confiscation by the government. It is the purpose of the founding citizens to create, in New Utopia, the ultimate tax "heaven."  


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