Letošnji Socialni teden teče pod geslom "slodelovanje"; sodelovanje po slovensko. Moj prispevek naj bo nekaj citatov "ljudomrzle" Ayn Rand v zvezi s sodelovanjem (vir). Bralca silijo k razmisleku, ne k slepemu sprejemanju:
Cooperation is the free association of men who work together by voluntary agreement, each deriving from it his own personal benefit.
Komentar: Randovi grejo na živce ljudje, ki da "delajo za skupno dobro". Po njenem se pretvarjajo. Morda delajo za skupno dobro, ampak v lastno slavo in za lastni, sebični dober občutek. In v skupno dobro dela tudi podjetnik s tem, da da na trg dober izdelek ali storitev.
A proper association is united by ideas, not by men, and its members are loyal to the ideas, not to the group. It is eminently reasonable that men should seek to associate with those who share their convictions and values. It is impossible to deal or even to communicate with men whose ideas are fundamentally opposed to one’s own (and one should be free not to deal with them).
Komentar: Zakaj se mi zdi, da bi se v Sloveniji lažje našli okrog idej kot okrog ljudi? Zakaj se mi zdi, da bolj kot nove obraze potrebujemo nove ideje? In zanimiv tisti oklepaj, da ima človek pravico, da se mu ni treba ukvarjati z ljudmi, katerih prepričanje je v temelju različno od njegovega.
When men are united by ideas, i.e., by explicit principles, there is no room for favors, whims, or arbitrary power: the principles serve as an objective criterion for determining actions and for judging men, whether leaders or members. This requires a high degree of conceptual development and independence . . . . But this is the only way men can work together justly, benevolently and safely.
Komentar: združevanje okrog idej in eksplicitnih principov zagotavlja, da so odnosi med tistimi, ki sodelujejo, pošteni. Resetatorji imamo tak odnos. Družijo nas pogledi na stvar, ne "organizacija". Na nek način internet bistveno lajša oblikovanje krogov ljudi, ki jih družijo ideje. Na internetu ni potrebna organizacija. Morda se zato v Sloveniji ne zmore oblikovati klasično-liberalna ali libertarna stranka.
The principle of individual rights is the only moral base of all groups or associations. Any group that does not recognize this principle is not an association, but a gang or a mob.
Komentar: Individualna svoboda je pri Randovi aksiom. Traktatom o tem, kako večina ne sme zatirati manjšine, dodaja: "Posameznik je najmanjša, najšibkejša manjšina".
