By Logan Darrow

Yes. You can not live Objectivism in our current society. Objectivism states that you should not be forced to pay for most things which you are currently forced to pay for. Therefore you need to advance the philosophy in order to benefit from it. Imagine how prosperous and morally ideal our nation would be if we threw off the chains of socialism and lived in a laissez-faire capitalist society. Instead of having governments take up to 50% of what you earn, imagine paying only 5% for the proper functions, or perhaps nothing at all with some innovative financing plan. You would live a better life having saved half of your income from government confiscation and by virtue of the fact that you will be living in a thriving economy and a society with tremendous scientific advances.

The long term benefits obviously provide selfish reasons to be an Objectivist activist but what about the short term benefits? First of all there is always an internal reward whenever you fight for a cause you know to be right. But beyond that the best way to reduce government is with a entity that makes a profit by reducing government. This allows you to make a living being an activist and provides a direct incentive for the entity to do the best possible job reducing government. It is the way companies in every other industry operate. An article entitled The Liberty Industry explains how to reduce government with for-profit entities.

One of my earliest Objectivist activist projects was handing a copy of CAPITALISM THE UNKNOWN IDEAL to Boris Yeltsin in Ottawa Canada in 1992. You can see it in his hand. The next thing you know they threw off communism in Russia! (you're welcome Russia!). Brian Mulroney, The Prime Minister of Canada, is standing just behind him. I should have brought a book for him also.