When I use this argument it’s more like
A: “I object to the Obama health care plan”*
Ludovic: Why?
A: Because government spending is wrong!
Ludovic: Oh, you object to all government spending? You must be one of those libertarians who wants to privatize the roads. I’ll give you a five-minute argument as to why privatizing the roads is a bad idea. I have now proven that government spending is not bad in all cases. You now must show me why you oppose the Obama health care plan on its cost-benefit merits, not on some hoary philosophical argument that has never been implemented and scarcely believed in unhypocritically.
*I too have doubts about the individual mandate so I am changing the quote
Yes, he started out as a “Rand worshipper,” but at some point (in the '90s?) began to break away from orthodox Objectivism . . . a move that was inevitable for someone in his position. Remember that John Galt was tortured in an attempt to get him to run the economy. Rand never supported a meritocracy; she said that people of great ability should never waste their abilities by working for the government.
There was no such person as John Galt. Nobody was ever tortured to get them to run the economy, nor threatened with such. I am so glad I was unaware of that grandiose piece of bullshit. Too bad brain bleach and neuralizers are also bullshit.
You want Randroids? Visit some gun discussion boards. As a general rule, they are lousy with Randroids and “Big L Libertarians.” They are interesting people in that they seemingly value lording ideological purity over each other more than they value the political effectiveness that would actually allow them to put their beliefs into practice.
