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'''Objectivism''' (Latin ''ob-'' out of and ''iacio'' I am throwing, and Greek '''-ισμος''' or ''-ismos'' the doing of a thing) is a school of philosophy developed by [[Ayn Rand]] that holds that things in the natural world exist independently of anyone's perception of them or efforts (or lack of effort) to understand them. Objectivism also holds that ''nothing'' is provably real that one cannot ''demonstrate'' independently of one person's perception of it.

'''Objectivism''' (Latin ''ob-'' out of and ''iacio'' I am throwing, and Greek '''-ισμος''' or ''-ismos'' the doing of a thing) is a school of philosophy developed by [[Ayn Rand]] that holds that things in the natural world exist independently of anyone's perception of them or efforts (or lack of effort) to understand them. Objectivism also holds that ''nothing'' is provably real that one cannot ''demonstrate'' independently of one person's perception of it.

The current proponents of Objectivism engage in a self-centered nihilism that is devoid of benevolence towards one's fellow human being outside of, perhaps, one's kin. This is perhaps most clearly demonstrated by the complete lack of loyalty that [[Jimmy Wales]] displays towards those who often work for his projects for years without pay, only to be sloughed off as if these were the skin of a serpent the moment they express any reservation about his current plans or otherwise become any sort of political liability.

The current proponents of Objectivism engage in a self-centered [[nihilism]] that is devoid of [[benevolence]] towards one's fellow human being outside of, perhaps, one's own kin. This is perhaps most clearly demonstrated by the complete lack of loyalty that [[Jimmy Wales]] displays towards those who often work for his projects for years without pay, only to be sloughed off as if these were the skin of a serpent the moment they express any reservation about his current plans or otherwise become any sort of political liability.

In practice, objectivism is an [[atheist]]ic ideology that demands an unlimited right to [[abortion]].  [[Ayn Rand]], the founder of objectivism, referred to [[pro-life]] position as "vicious nonsense" and that "to oppose [abortion of an unwanted pregnancy] is to advocate sacrifice, not for the sake of anyone’s benefit, but for the sake of misery qua misery, for the sake of forbidding happiness and fulfillment to living human beings."<ref>http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/abortion.html</ref><ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2012/08/20/paul-ryan-ayn-rand-abortion-liberal-dishonesty/ Breitbart article discussing Ayn Rand's support of a right to abortion]</ref>

In practice, objectivism is an [[atheist]]ic ideology that demands an unlimited right to [[abortion]].  [[Ayn Rand]], the founder of objectivism, referred to [[pro-life]] position as "vicious nonsense" and that "to oppose [abortion of an unwanted pregnancy] is to advocate sacrifice, not for the sake of anyone’s benefit, but for the sake of misery qua misery, for the sake of forbidding happiness and fulfillment to living human beings."<ref>http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/abortion.html</ref><ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2012/08/20/paul-ryan-ayn-rand-abortion-liberal-dishonesty/ Breitbart article discussing Ayn Rand's support of a right to abortion]</ref>