This isn't an article, this is just copy-paste from Ayn Rand.<p>And at that, it's copy-paste of a character in one of her objectivist-utopian fanfics beating up a strawman based on a misquote of 1 Timothy 6:<p>> But godliness with contentment is great gain, for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For <i>the love</i> of money is <i>a</i> root of <i>all kinds of evils</i>. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
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> (1 Timothy 6:6-10 ESV)<p>The subject in view there is one of Christian priorities and contentment; for a Christian, faithful service to God must be held of much greater value than wealth, and therefore contentment with what God provides is an essential characteristic of a devout Christian.<p>It's not "EVERY EVIL ON EARTH COMES FROM MONEY"; indeed, the idea is far afield of Christianity. In the view of Christianity, every evil on earth comes from the sinful heart of man, whether or not money is even involved.<p>Rather, the actual statement -- the one Rand misquoted to distort into an easier strawman to fight -- is that a wholesale devotion to procurement of wealth is itself a wrong that leads to many other wrongs.<p>The really interesting thing, I think, is to see how the <i>actual</i> quote and its context <i>does</i> apply to Rand's strictly-utilitarian view of others.
Ayn Rand? Really? There's a reason her "objectivism" isn't discussed in philosophy courses. It's nonsense conservative rhetoric that has nothing to do with the academic discipline. John Oliver summed it up nicely: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8m8cQI4DgM" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8m8cQI4DgM</a>