Objectivism: Why it doesn't work

Now, here's the thing with communism: I don't believe it works, that it can form a functioning society. But I understand its dream, its purpose. I respect Marx for being that kind of person, who idealistically believes in a perfect society. Even if its impossible, it's still a nice dream.

I'm not going to say the same for Ayn Rand. Her entire philosophy is basically, "Be as greedy and selfish as you want, and feel good about it." She wants to have her cake and eat it too. She does write pretty cleverly, and had some good ideas. But the respect isn't there, since she's a crazy bitch.

Objectivism is all about benefiting oneself above all others. The funny thing about this one is that philosophers never even wanted to look at it; they just condemned it as morally repugnant and dropped it with only cursory analysis. Ayn Rand picked it up and ran with it. Some people would call her a pioneer for that. I call her a crazy bitch.

Anyways, here's how it works. Basically, we should take all actions that benefit us, and avoid those that don't. The reason society works is that people accept that there are certain things that we must do to maintain society, and it is beneficial to us to maintain them. Sounds good so far, right?

Here's where it falls apart(and why Rand is a crazy bitch). Collectively, its in our best interests to support the infrastructure. However, individually, if we don't make our contribution, society won't grind to a halt. The trains won't stop running on time. Crime won't skyrocket. However, under Objectivism, if every single person makes that assumption, society WILL collapse. That's a tricky proposition.

Therefore, Objectivism can only work if:
1. Only the people with power actually believe in objectivism. This means that it can't even support itself without the help of other philosophy. Good job.
2. Punishment is increased for lack of help. There's a catch-22 here, though. To carry out that punishment, one must appropriate funds to society to allow them to do that. If everyone under objectivism doesn't pay, then suddenly you can't punish. Neener neener neener.
3. We have to take actions that don't benefit us compared to the reward. Oh wait, that's not Objectivism.

So, what have we learned? Objectivism sucks, Rand is a crazy bitch.

Thank you.