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Objectivism starts with the fairytale of a priori knowledge.  "A is A", for example.  But that doesn't work for the real world, because the real world has time: A at time 1 is not necessarily the same as A at time 2.  It's never the same water in the river, and even protons can spontaneously decay.  A priori knowledge at best can build models: whether the models are accurate or inaccurate is a matter of empirical study of the real world.
 
Objectivism starts with the fairytale of a priori knowledge.  "A is A", for example.  But that doesn't work for the real world, because the real world has time: A at time 1 is not necessarily the same as A at time 2.  It's never the same water in the river, and even protons can spontaneously decay.  A priori knowledge at best can build models: whether the models are accurate or inaccurate is a matter of empirical study of the real world.
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== Economic Fairytales ==
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There are two major bases for libertarian economic fairytales: the pseudoscientific Austrian School (especially Mises, Rothbard and Hayek) and neoliberalism (especially Chicago School and Milton Friedman.)  Arguments from both are used to promote capitalism and condemn everything else, but especially to condemn government.  The fairytales involve seldom-mentioned unrealistic assumptions such as rational man (in the case of the Austrians) and economic man in the case of the neoliberals.  It's no coincidence that those unrealistic assumptions more closely match corporations than they do human beings.
  
 
== A Justification of Personal Righteousness ==
 
== A Justification of Personal Righteousness ==

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