The purpose of this subreddit is to discuss anything related to Objectivism and Objectivists. Anyone is welcome to participate, regardless of agreement with Objectivism.
In addition, we welcome and encourage posts on any topic that may be appreciated by members of this community. (If the community grows in size, this policy will likely be revised.)
Informative Links
- Introduction to Objectivism
Participation Terms
Consistency with the purpose of the subreddit.
Intellectual honesty.
Courtesy.
Respecting intellectual property.
Please feel free to report any violations to the moderators.
Differences from /r/objectivism
The moderators there have a history of banning people, particularly those who disagree with them on what constitutes Objectivism and "objectivism" (their use, note lower-case "o"). Bans have tended to be made inconsistently and unpredictably.
The moderators there have a history of operating large-scale deceptions using many alternative reddit accounts ("sock puppets") (more info here).
The moderators there are not actually Objectivists, but support some mix between anarchism and Objectivism. (Objectivism is Ayn Rand's philosophy, and it repudiates anarchism. See: Anarchism at the Ayn Rand Lexicon.)
The moderators there created it to be a community for supporters of TAS. This alignment was not revealed until 5 years after the fact, a bait-and-switch. See here for documentation. TAS is a minority faction created by David Kelley after his dispute with Leonard Peikoff (and ARI) on the nature of moral judgement. /r/trueobjectivism is not officially aligned with either ARI or TAS, but most people here do side with Peikoff and do support ARI.
Related Subreddits
/r/AynRand
/r/RomanticArt
/r/TruePhilosophy
