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Saga The Sith Philosophy Compared to the Objectivism of Ayn Rand

Discussion in 'Star Wars Saga In-Depth' started by darthbarracuda, May 23, 2015.

  1. Iron_lord

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    Kreia's nastier tendencies might eventually spark a certain amount of friction.
     
  2. jakobitis89

    jakobitis89 Jedi Master star 4

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    Rand's personal brand of Objectivism works much better as a thought experiment than it ever would in real life, because no-one always acts in any purely logical and detached way. Anyone who lived by Objectivist guidelines would at some point or another make exceptions or compromises for any number of reasons, and no two people would draw the same two lines for the same reasons and eventually it would fall apart.

    ... which you can of course say about absolutely any writers' proposed moral/societal theories of life of course, it's hardly exclusive to Ayn Rand. But whether you find her particular set of rules abhorrent or admirable I can't see them as particularly inherently Sith-like.
     
  3. SateleNovelist11

    SateleNovelist11 Force Ghost star 6

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    I agree with jakobitis89. Rand's stuff works better in theory than in real life.

    You're right, Iron Lord. Kreia was very wise and adept in many areas, but she was also wrong and some have argued that she was mentally unbalanced. She definitely could cause friction. She's one of those people who can be a bit spider-like: patient but also unbelievably cruel.
     
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