With the economy unraveling, I’m sure altruists, do-gooders and world-improvers will put out the call for sacrifice. They ignorantly claim “those that have must help those who need.” You know the old Karl Marx belief promoting communism—which never considers that needs are unlimited and resources are scarce.
Of course, they state that because we are suffering through a national economic crisis, it’s a person’s patriotic duty to sacrifice for the common good. Since some intransigent individuals might believe they have the right to their life, liberty and property it is necessary that the “benefactors” of mankind enlist the help of their political hacks (politicians). The government must exercise its power of violent compulsion and coercion—forcing these intransigent individuals, these “enemies” of the state to comply.
Let’s face it. All the bailouts, easy money and government regulation schemes are sacrifices they are forcing you and your children to incur for the rest of your lives.
The Altruist
Let’s expose altruism for the lie it is.
The altruist pretends he possesses a deep love for humanity. He claims he is its benevolent benefactor. Obviously this is ridiculous since he supports the anti-life social systems of socialism and government interventionism.
The truth of the matter is that socialism has always slummed in the house of ill repute—of blatantly false social theory. In order to cloak his socialist aspirations, the altruist now concentrates most of his efforts on “improving” capitalism.
Now how does he bless us with these “improvements? He uses the apparatus of violent compulsion and coercion, the government, to force these “improvements”, which are actually massive government interventions on the marketplace, down the throats of the masses. He devilishly enlists the support of the establishment press into tricking the hapless masses into believing these measures actually benefit them.
Would you believe these propaganda tactics are so effective that even capitalists, entrepreneurs and investors believe interventions in the form of bailouts are good for the economy? They, along with the masses, don’t realize they are unwittingly supporting the expropriation of their wealth. Incredibly, altruists make master thieves look like rank amateurs.
Here’s something you can do. Scratch an altruist and see how he bleeds. Guess what you discover? Shockingly, you find the altruist actually bleeds evil because he hates people, especially the individualist.
Ask yourself this. Why else would he recommend policies and procedures that ruin the lives of many hard working, productive people?
Did you know the altruist feeds off the negative emotions of needy people? He first attempts to eat the productive ones, although fortunately many are too hardy and resistant to succumb to his cannibalism. Then when he has cannibalized as many of them as possible, he devours the very same people he claims he is helping—which explains the plight of so many victims of our economic catastrophe.
Here’s a fact. The individualist doesn’t need the altruist to survive and thrive. In fact the self-reliant individual sees the altruist for what he is—a parasite that lives off the efforts of productive people.
If you want to know why our economy is quickly crashing down, turning our once great nation into a wasteland, you don’t have to look very far. It is the anti-life philosophy of altruism, institutionalized as a political system that caused the stinking, rotten mess.
You may have a difficult time believing my analysis of altruism. In fact, you could vehemently protest my assessment of altruism by telling me altruists possess the best of intentions, that they actually want to help people.
In my defense I could quote the old cliché’ “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” You probably think I should defend my position without using worn-out clichés.
However, first I have a few questions. Since social altruism causes horrible consequences for all involved why does the altruist insist on meandering down the same ill-fated road? If he really loves human beings, why does he keep enforcing policies that destroy their lives? Why does he support the anti-life social systems of socialism and government interventionism? Why does he continually violate an individual’s life, liberty and property?
I’m sure you have to agree that altruists aren’t exactly creating loving, harmonious social conditions.
The Individualist
Open up your mind to this enlightening disclosure. The individualist is the very person the world depends on for survival and progress. The individualist practices the philosophy of rational selfishness. He uses his reasoning abilities and the power of his intuition to take purposeful action to achieve his goals and desires. (By the way, feel free to substitute the word she for he.) He opposes the anti-life philosophy of altruism. He disdains irrational selfishness because he knows that it is self-defeating and quite often self-destructive. Since he believes in self-responsibility and self-reliance, he supports the social system of Laissez faire (unhampered) capitalism.
Contrast the following with the heavy handedness of an altruist.
Although the individualist uncompromisingly opposes social altruism, he is benevolent in his dealings with others. He believes in trading value for value. He would never purposely violate another’s life, liberty and property. Of course, since he is human he makes some mistakes, but far fewer than the altruist or the irrationally selfish individual. The individualist possesses reasoning and intuitive powers to guide him.
The individualist is happy to offer a helping hand to those who can benefit from the relationship. If you’ve accepted the propaganda of the establishment this may surprise you. Altruists would like you to believe the individualist is a selfish brute. This is a myth. However, he does oppose helping those who refuse to help themselves. Fortunately, he doesn’t believe in rendering people helpless by taking away their self-reliance. He knows that altruists, do-gooders and world-improvers have viciously destroyed the self-reliance and self-responsibility of millions upon millions of people. He believes this is one of the greatest evils ever foisted on mankind.
Now open up your mind to the unknown. Whether the individualist calls himself an atheist, a New Age metaphysician or practices some other spiritual discipline, he is at peace with the universe. You will never hear him cry and moan because he is alienated from reality or from God. Having connected himself to reality, he is in harmony with his nature as a spiritual being having a physical experience.
Certainly, he is goal oriented and works diligently to achieve his goals and desires. He is an optimistic person who overcomes the blocks and obstacles that come his way unbidden. Should he meet with temporary defeat he applies the wisdom of Napoleon Hill “Adversity has within it the seeds of an equivalent or greater benefit.” Most of all he experiences the joy of his existence and enjoys many of the Libertarian Pleasures life has to offer.
The Call to Sacrifice
Here’s the bottom line. There is no reason to think you are obligated to help people on a collective level. In reality there is no such thing as the “collective”. There are only individuals. All actions begin with the individual. Even when people are working together as a team—individuals determine the course of action and the results achieved.
Do you enjoy helping people? Does it supply you much pleasure? Well I have some good news for you. It is fine to help people on an individual level. You decide what your values are and act accordingly. If helping someone corresponds to your value system then do it. It will give you much pleasure. It may supply the person you help with great satisfaction. It is a value for value exchange.
Here’s something to watch out for. When somebody tells you that you should do something for the benefit of the “collective” or for the good of “society” they are conning you into to sacrificing your best interest for something that has no reality of its own. What they actually mean is: You are to sacrifice your best interest for mine.
Altruists in their roles as politicians and propaganda specialists always put out the call to sacrifice—your sacrifice.
Here’s the truth about our current economic crisis. The greed and avarice of the political establishment and their favorite sons caused our economic calamity.
How did they accomplish this horrible state of affairs? They did it through inflationary Federal Reserve money, which is destroying the savings of the productive individual, rendering his hard work irrelevant. I explain this process of wealth destructive in some of my other articles.
Do the following for you, your children and your children’s children. Disable all altruists by resisting their call to sacrifice. Live for that which is just and sublime. Reject all government intervention on the marketplace. Demand that we adopt the social system of Laissez faire capitalism (free enterprise). Most important, you must live for your own sake.
Robert A. Meyer
http://libertarianway.com/