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sitakali

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Wellington, New Zealand

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Whew, I was concerned for a second there.

Jan 13, 2008

Nope, I'm definitely not an Objectivist. I can go on living my life now, knowing that I deserve to live it.

"Capitalism is a self-correcting system. Corporate monopolies that provide inferior products will be broken by small businesses and innovation. Employers who treat employees unfairly will find it impossible to keep employees at their companies. The government does not need to regulate business for these reasons."

If you actually believe this is true, after knowing how frequently corporate monopolies destroy businesses despite their crappy products (such as Wal-Mart), then you are already lost. And if you honestly think that employers who treat employees unfairly have trouble keeping employees, you know nothing about how the wage system works, or how impossible it is for some people to find jobs. You say that homeless people are lazy and should find a job, and actually expect them to leave that job once they've found it, simply because they're treated like shit?!

No, if you believe these things, you should be shot on sight. I'm generally pro-gun-control, but I'll make an exception.

And Libertarians, stop trying to pretend you're anarchists. Anarchism is anti-authoritarian. Capitalism reeks of authoritarianism�it is about controlling and hurting other people, and power struggles. You cannot be an anarchist if you are pro-capitalism.


Your Score: Probably a Socialist


You are 30% Objectivist!




You're pretty much as un-objectivist as you can get. You think people deserve things whether they work for them or not, and you don't have a problem with taking things from one person to give them to another. You have most likely said "Communism is a great theory, it just doesn't work in practice" at some point recently. You would definitely benefit from some time outside an academic environment.

To see how people better than you might've scored, visit these links:

Pinko

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Full-On Objectivist





Link: The Objectivism Test written by Sept1mus on OkCupid, home of the The Dating Persona Test
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Nope, I'm definitely not an Objectivist. I can go on living my lifenow, knowing that I deserve to live it.

"Capitalism is a self-correcting system. Corporate monopolies thatprovide inferior products will be broken by small businesses andinnovation. Employers who treat employees unfairly will find itimpossible to keep employees at their companies. The governmentdoes not need to regulate business for these reasons."

If you actually believe this is true, after knowing how frequentlycorporate monopolies destroy businesses despite their crappyproducts (such as Wal-Mart), then you are already lost. And if youhonestly think that employers who treat employees unfairly havetrouble keeping employees, you know nothing about how the wagesystem works, or how impossible it is for some people to find jobs.You say that homeless people are lazy and should find a job, andactually expect them to leave that job once they've found it,simply because they're treated like shit?!

No, if you believe these things, you should be shot on sight. I'mgenerally pro-gun-control, but I'll make an exception.

And Libertarians, stop trying to pretend you're anarchists.Anarchism is anti-authoritarian. Capitalism reeks ofauthoritarianism�it is about controlling and hurting other people,and power struggles. You cannot be an anarchist if you arepro-capitalism.


Your Score: Probably a Socialist


You are 30% Objectivist!




You're pretty much as un-objectivist as you can get. You thinkpeople deserve things whether they work for them or not, and youdon't have a problem with taking things from one person to givethem to another. You have most likely said "Communism is a greattheory, it just doesn't work in practice" at some point recently.You would definitely benefit from some time outside an academicenvironment.

To see how people better than you might've scored, visit theselinks:

Pinko

Conservative

Full-On Objectivist





Link: TheObjectivism Test written by Sept1mus onOkCupid, home of the The DatingPersona Test
View MyProfile(Sept1mus)
Whew, I was concerned for a second there.
An image of saturnsky2525 Thank you, I always run into libertarians telling me that they're anarchists, and that capitalism is wonderful. True anarchism is way more beautiful than that. I really came on here, because I took your religion quiz and wanted to say that it's great to see more people coming up with their own theories of thought.

saturnsky2525 commented on Jan 16, 2008

An image of Calorion Okay, I'm not going to jump all over you and tell you you're wrong about capitalism, but I will say this: You've got to understand how much government interference in the free market contributes to the problems you name. The question to ask is: Given a wholly free market, where government's role is limited to preventing force and fraud, will the positive consequences named above take place?

Calorion commented on Jul 2, 2008

totally....it's too much regulation that lead to the destruction of the stock market yesterday. Damn bush and his regulations. oh...wait....i mean the exact opposite of that.

A former user commented on Sep 30, 2008

An image of ugastylee Okay--now that you've had your say, will you listen to a staunch anarcho-capitalist? If yes, I would like to start you off with a great article from (of all places) Nick Kristof at the New York Times, entitled "Where Sweatshops Are a Dream." http://tinyurl.com/9pvgxn (shortened the URL) Watch the video attached, read the article, and ask me questions if you wish. But just remember a few maxims underpinning libertarian thought: 1) Poverty cannot be cured through force of arms or government decree--only by independent business. 2) Wealth is the foundation for all businesses except multinational conglomerates with sweet government contracts. Redistribution hurts everyone _except_ the Monsantos and Halliburtons. 3) The only power governments have military, and the only money they have is other people's money. 4) Subsidizing an enterprise with 'government' money is no different than when identity thieves buy jet-skis with your credit card--it's theft, pure and simple. Next time you want to talk about capitalism being about "controlling and hurting other people," remember that capitalism is the only thing keeping you from living a terribly harsh subsistence-agrarian lifestyle, such as the vast majority of humans on this planet must endure. Perhaps if the mother of that article had been in a more capitalist country, her son wouldn't have been backed over by a garbage truck looking for scrap plastic. It's rather hypocritical to mock the very thing that allows you and I to maintain such an expensive and comfortable existence, isn't it?

ugastylee commented on May 13, 2009

An image of sitakali Snooooore.

sitakali commented on Oct 29, 2009

An image of sitakali If you would like to see my response to anarcho-capitalists like ugastylee, please go here: http://sitakali.org/2009/10/30/the-joy-of-sweatshops/

sitakali commented on Nov 1, 2009

An image of ROTease I took the objectivist test. The questions range from "do you wear blinkers?" to "are you wearing blinkers?" and the answers give you absolutely no chance to remove them. Hell! The least abjectivist--I keep the typo--you can be is "probably socialist". Yes, Abjectivism it is.

ROTease commented on Feb 18, 2011