Atlas Shrugged essay Is selfishness a good feature? In our community probably most of people will say “No”. But why? It's easy question. Because of Soviet Union. Soviet ideology is all about sharing with those who need it. In a beginning, not all civilians were agree with it. That's why in year of revolution a lot of people left USSR. Ayn Rend was one of those who left country. Needless to say, that it affected on her world-view. Later on, she created her own philosophy. Objectivism. That's origins of my question. Objectivism is a philosophy that glorifies selfishness and condemns altruism. Why, you might ask? It may look obvious that selfishness is something bad, and altruism is something good. Well, according to book, it really isn't. Selfishness in book shown as something that makes you growth, it makes growth profitably for you. But altruism otherwise makes profit absolutely unimportant for you, and with it growth becomes unimportant as well. And I kinda agree with it. Just think about some simple example that one guy once told me. Imagine two clinics: private and state. First one makes money from people and it's important for them to make their clinic the best among others similar clinics. So, they have reasons to try make their best. State clinic does not have reasons for it. They already having money from government and they just can't make anymore. So why should they even try? Ayn Rand in her “Atlas Shrugged” telling a story of conflict between those who make a progress and those who say “Where's my piece?”. Parasites, as author called them. In book, parasites not only make nothing at all but stilling profit from men of intelligence, they aggressively trying to make an altruist from everyone. “No matter how good is your goods, it's unfair to others, so get ready to share”. So now I want to change my question. Is it really bad to thing about your own good? Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow? And by the way, who is John Galt?