TheJach.com

Jach's personal blog

(Largely containing a mind-dump to myselves: past, present, and future)
Current favorite quote: "Supposedly smart people are weirdly ignorant of Bayes' Rule." William B Vogt, 2010

Objectivists Go Home!

Some of you talk about how taxes are immoral and the government shouldn't be involved in your precious industries, you say that if the government gets just a little more socialist the producers will leave in arms and the former society will collapse. You complain about your wealth being frittered away. If only you had more control!

Here's some advice, in homage to Life of Brian: Objectivists Go Home! That is, pool your money together (you guys are supposed to be rich productive individuals, right?), buy an island or series of islands, set up a government of your choosing, and leave the rest of us alone. Trying to save America seems a little too...altruistic, don't you think? Better to start fresh. Don't give me the argument that this land belongs to you, too, the Native Americans were here first anyway...

In the meantime, you ought to stop using public services like roads, you should only buy bottled water, you should only pay for expensive private schools, don't take your kids to public parks, you shouldn't accept any stimulus checks from the government or medicaid, medicare, unemployment, or social security, in fact you shouldn't even pay taxes... I'unno, isn't it all a bit hypocritical? The step to change is either leaving and going somewhere else or using civil disobedience a-la Gandhi. (Or bloody revolution, but you guys aren't supposed to be for initiating force right?)

In any case, some fun movie quotes. :) (Yes some of these are out of context; sue me.)

"Romanes Eunt Domus (People called Romanes they go the house) Romani Ite Domum (Romans Go Home!)" ~Life of Brian

"Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time." ~Monty Python and the Holy Grail

"Captain Hook? I want you to take your ship and go. And I never want to see your face in Neverland again." ~Hook

"Leave now, and never come back!" ~Lord of the Rings

"Jumanji!" ~Jumanji

"Run away, and never return." ~The Lion King

"Get off my bridge!" ~Star Trek

"Go away and let us alone." ~The Wizard of Oz

"Get out! Get the fuck out!" ~8 Mile

"Get out." ~Terminator, Terminator 2

"Please go. Stop smiling. It's not a joke. Please leave. The party's over. Get out." ~Batman Begins

"GET OUT!" ~Beauty and the Beast

"Just, uh, run in there, get your tie, get out, and don't look at...anything." ~Home Alone 2

"Go away or I'll call the Brute Squad." ~The Princess Bride

"You again? Go away! That's my Hopper." ~The Land Before Time


Posted on 2010-02-24 by Jach

Tags: thought

Permalink: https://www.thejach.com/view/id/75

Trackback URL: https://www.thejach.com/view/2010/2/objectivists_go_home

Back to the top

Anonymous February 24, 2010 06:30:58 PM shut the fuck up, maaan. your hate-boner is a little alarming. it's pretty much ugly, swollen, and kind-of lopsided instead of impressive.
Jach February 24, 2010 10:22:35 PM What the hell is a hate-boner? xDDD (There aren't enough D's to express my amusement here!) And there's impressive ones? Life is too intermusing to waste on hate!

This page is intended to be humorous in a scathing way, also if other people leave comments like yours I'll be most amused. =P If society's so bad, why not leave instead of altruistically trying to save it?
Amaroq February 25, 2010 03:16:16 AM Our tax (forcefully taken) dollars paid for all of those services, so we might as well take advantage of them.

It isn't altruistic to try to save a society that you value living in. America is a prosperous, powerful nation. Living here is much more cozy than going to some random island where you'll be attacked by your neighboring countries as soon as you get there. (Though that certainly isn't out of the question if it comes down to it.)

As long as America is still free-ish, it can be salvaged.
Jach February 25, 2010 05:39:43 AM Keep up the amusement. XD
Amaroq February 26, 2010 03:23:39 AM This comment was removed by the admin.
Anonymous February 27, 2010 10:27:48 AM I LOVE MY COMPUTER, YOU MAKE ME FEEL ALRIGHT
EVERY WAKING HOUR, AND EVERY LONELY NIGHT

I LOVE MY COMPUTER, FOR ALL YOU GIVE TO ME
PREDICTABLE ERRORS AND NO IDENTITY

IT'S NEVER BEEN QUITE SO EASY
I'VE NEVER BEEN QUITE SO HAPPY
ALL I NEED TO DO IS CLICK ON YOU
AND WE'LL BE JOINED
IN THE MOST SOUL-LESS WAY
Jach February 27, 2010 02:36:48 PM Fun poem. xD Some nitpicks, however.. You must never have programmed if you think errors are entirely predictable, you must never have used a computer without a GUI if you think clicking is fundamental, you must be under a serious delusion if you think the brain (that has a soul?) is fundamentally different from a computer.
Anonymous February 27, 2010 07:24:55 PM AND WE'LL NEVER RUIN EACH OTHER'S DAY
CAUSE WHEN I'M THROUGH I JUST CLICK
AND YOU GO AWAY

I LOVE MY COMPUTER, YOU'RE ALWAYS IN THE MOOD
I GET TURNED ON, WHEN I TURN ON YOU

I LOVE MY COMPUTER, YOU NEVER ASK FOR MORE
YOU CAN BE A PRINCESS, OR YOU CAN BE MY WHORE

AND IT'S NEVER BEEN QUITE SO EASY
I'VE NEVER BEEN QUITE SO HAPPY
THE WORLD OUTSIDE IS SO BIG
BUT IT'S SAFE IN MY DOMAIN
BECAUSE TO YOU, I'M JUST A NUMBER
AND A CLEVER SCREEN NAME

ALL I NEED TO DO IS CLICK ON YOU
AND WE'LL BE TOGETHER FOR ETERNITY
AND NO ONE'S GONNA TAKE MY LOVE FROM ME, I GOT SECURITY
A PASSWORD AND A KEY
Jach February 28, 2010 05:15:01 AM Aw, the song isn't original to you. :( I guess thanks for the keyword spam? I'm interested how many hits this post will get just from the title.
Back to the first comment

Comment using the form below

(Only if you want to be notified of further responses, never displayed.)

Your Comment:

LaTeX allowed in comments, use $$\$\$...\$\$$$ to wrap inline and $$[math]...[/math]$$ to wrap blocks.