humanities.philosophy.objectivism

"Paul Wharton" wrote in message
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> I agree that individuals should be free to create whatever church or
> monastery they want, and practice the religion or philosophy of their
> choice. However, this *must* not be integrated with the policical
> state. I do not know if I want to spend my time writing in protest
> about every religion-state integration in the world, presently. But,
> that doesn't change the fact that they are wrong.

Let's define *our* proper course of action. My thinking is this: we have the
right to talk about different systems and we have the right to implement our
own systems. However, if we went up to Tibet and said, "Hey guys, we don't
like how your system is set up and want you to change it." I think it would be
well within reason for them to tell us to fuck off. We should not try to
change anything except that which is our own. We should make our system the
best it can be, and as a consequence, once it is shown to be the superior
system we can lead *by example* (only). Too many people (neo-Cons and
Democrats) think it is up to them to put their grubby little fingers in
everyone elses business.

> My knowledge of Tibet is limited. However, if the Dalai Lama has been
> claiming political power that is integrated with his religion, I think
> that Tibet could really use a Political Enlightenment that separates
> the two types of institutions.

Well, to be practical, let's get our own situation in hand before worrying
about some nation on the other side of the world. The United States (and the
Western world) is in a mess and there is a lot of work to be done.

- Brian