Ayn Rand made the same analysis in the late 60's

Submitted by Fred Rabeman (France), Dec 27, 2002 at 23:52

I am currently reading several books by Ayn Rand -Capitalism the unknown ideal, The Virtue of Selfishness, Philosophy who needs it- where she exactly describes what Mr Pipes complains about. At the time there was the Vietnam War. Ayn Rand opposed it fiercely saying that the US had not interest in that war. However she disdained academics who were raising funds for the enemy. She vituperated those who would speak for the vietcongs in campuses and universities. Her diagnosis was terrible and simple: philosophy had collapsed. Nobody was taught to think rationally.
Morality has collapsed too. A criminal may have good reasons to kill you because some academics contend that society is cruel. Saddam Hussein might be right using nukes against us because capitalism is so selfish. An honest man may not kill a criminal in act of self defense because doing so would be the law of the jungle.
Well we should not waste our time and money with these kind of so called academics who have abandoned the realm of rationality. Let us erect new private universities where solid humanities will be taught

Fred Rabeman

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