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951 – Too stupid for words—irrationality

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Feb 112026

Over the past several years, we have been subjected to one crisis after another, justifying calls for actions and policies that could be categorized as being ‘ just too stupid for words,’ especially given the growing tyranny that is a consequence of such thinking.

People have been instructed to get vaccinated for a non-existent pandemic, to de-industrialize in an effort to cut carbon dioxide emissions, to limit the First Amendment to prevent the polarization of disagreement, to open borders to hordes of ‘undocumented’ immigrants, to attack ICE agents during the performance of their duties, to wear face masks and social distance to prevent the spread of unidentified viruses, to fight climate change in order to protect the environment, and to support the surgical mutilation of those suffering from gender dysphoria. Just to mention a few.

Wide public support for these irrational actions has been referred to as the result of an ’emotional plague’ by Wilhelm Reich, or as ‘mass formation’ by Mattias Desmet, or as ‘suicidal empathy’ and a ‘mind virus’ by Gad Saad, while the growing wave of stupidity dominating today’s zeitgeist has drawn the attention of a similarly growing number of analysts. Continue reading »

585 – Altruism is irrational

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Dec 062018

Altruism is repeatedly confused with charity, and yet the two very differing concepts continue to be used interchangeably to the detriment of both individuals and society at large.

‘Charity’ is defined as: “1. the providing of help to the poor; 2. that which is given to help the needy; 3. an institution, organization, or fund to aid those in need; 4. tolerance; leniency; 5. an act of good will; 6. brotherly love.” (Funk & Wagnalls) These are in fact among the acts and values associated with charity.

In contrast, ‘altruism’ is defined as “selfless devotion to the welfare of others.” (Funk & Wagnalls) That’s not charity; that’s activism disguised as charity. It is the Left’s virtue signal for political causes that are far from anything that could be considered ‘selfless.’

Warned Ayn Rand: “Do not confuse altruism with kindness, good will or respect for the rights of others. These are not primaries, but consequences, which in fact, altruism makes impossible. The irreducible primary of altruism, the basic absolute, is self sacrifice – which means, self immolation, self-abrogation, self-denial, self-destruction – which means: the self as the standard of evil, the selfless as the standard of good.” Continue reading »

The Danielle Metz Show – 003 – The great racist eclipse

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Jan 142018

It’s one of those editorial items that Ayn Rand might have cited in what she called her “horror file,” those news stories and commentaries of her day that best illustrated America’s deteriorating intellectual and moral climate.

The trend continues. From the pages of Atlantic Magazine, in an August 18, 2017 commentary by Alice Ristroph (American Blackout), came the argument that the pending solar eclipse was, in effect, a racist eclipse.

“It’s pure lunacy,” says Robert Vaughan in his conversation with Danielle. “This is insanity. This is not sane. The author would, in past, have been placed in an asylum.”

Worse, the loony commentary appeared in a supposedly credible media source.

With the media “lens of the Left” so intensely focused on real and imagined incidents of racism, the then-pending eclipse was overshadowing their stream of anti-Trump stories. So why not turn the lunar event into a racist metaphor to protest Trump’s America? That, according to Danielle, is how the Atlantic Magazine’s editorial comes across, particularly given its political content.

It’s a fascinating look into the dismal minds of those who are constantly focused on race and group identity. What is continually being “eclipsed” is logic and reason. That’s why the superficial and associative thinking of the Left will always be incompatible with what is Just Right.