Truly Afflicted (With Riches) !!

Back in October 2009, I wrote the following:^*

“Despite the “neon” warning that:

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God^[1]

most of us, in our fondest dreams, wish we were smitten with riches and that we should never recover—in likeness of Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof.

“The strange thing is—if we go by scripture—there is probably no greater risk to man’s eternal prospects than to have riches. The failure rate is nigh 100%! And we should wish such a test upon our self?!

“Strange too, when we consider the story of the beggar Lazarus and the rich man^[2] At their sequential deaths, the beggar finds himself carried into the bosom of Abraham and the rich man finds himself raising pleas from hell. Where are the justice, merit, and conservative thinking in that scenario? From a trans-world perspective, it would almost seem safer to be a beggar than a rich man! Is that a contradiction or what, to our current capitalistic, individualistic, blessed-driven paradigm?!

“What is it about riches that so afflicts mankind with failure? Is it the sense of merit? Of entitlement? Of ownership? Of self-sufficiency? Of freedom and power? Of basking in glory and honor taken unto oneself?”

Then, 4½ years later, I encounter this revealing video^† that is both a déjà vu and cautionary reminder to those afflicted with riches (or the sensation thereof).

“Money on the Mind”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuqGrz-Y_Lc&sns=em

Dove-tails with last week’s post, ME, ME, MINE^‡ !! and seems another nail in the coffin of (scientifically-challenged) Objectivism.

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*    http://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.ca/2009/10/to-those-afflicted-with-riches.html
[1] New Testament Matthew 19:24; Mark 10:25; Luke 18:24-25
[2] Luke 16:19-31
† Thanks to the blogger at http://barerecord.blogspot.ca/2014/03/247-what-influence-are-we-under.html and his side notes section part-way down his #247 post of 17 March 2014 where I first saw this video.
‡ http://www.dejavu-times.blogspot.ca/2014/03/me-me-mine.html

ME, ME, MINE

(OR Déjà Vu of “The Terrible Twos”?)

This post is in commemoration of the 107th Anniversary year of the founding (1907) of Ayn Rand’s (1905-1982) philosophy of “Objectivism.”¹

Before you swear in outrage at this ridiculous accusation against a two-year-old Ayn Rand, let me swear:

“This commemoration arises out of Ayn’s very own words.”

Check it out yourself: “I was two and a half,” she says, when Objectivism became her philosophy. She says it three times between 8:06-8:38 minutes/seconds.


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"Ayn Rand Interview with Tom Snyder (1 of 3)" at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4doTzCs9lEc

This video has become very hard to find, but was captured 163 times by the WayBackMachine between Sept. 7, 2009 and March 19, 2023, but even there some postings have been deleted. However, as of today, 11 June 2023, it can be accessed at https://web.archive.org/web/20120617024334/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4doTzCs9lEc . The remarks concerning age of two and a half can still be found after minute 8. If this link fails, try other posting dates for this link at the WayBackMachine: https://web.archive.org/web/20120501000000*/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4doTzCs9lEc.

If “Me, Me, Mine” isn't allowed to describe Objectivism, then Ayn's “truth” has been compromised and her beloved John Galt has failed to get his message across.

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  1. On deeper Ayn-alysis, the more correct term may be Faux-Objectivism, or in the alternative, Subjectivism. For more Ayn-alysis by this blogger, see:
http://www.dejavu-times.blogspot.ca/search/label/AynRand
http://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.ca/search/label/AynRand