Thursday, November 5, 2015

Slave Morality and Capitalism

As has been previously discussed, Nietzsche's fundamental criticism of Marxism is not, as it is often taken to be, of its Egalitarianism per se, but of its concept of the latter as an objective Value.  The misinterpretation has contributed to the assumption, e. g. Rand's, that Nietzsche is, therefore, an advocate of Capitalism.  To the contrary, Human, All Too Human #45, and #33 of the Expeditions of an Untimely Man section of Twilight of the Idols, indicate that the Atomism that Smith promotes is itself an expression of Slave Morality.  Instead, any ascription to Nietzsche of an endorsement of an Economic system requires a methodical derivation from the Will to Power, not cherry-picked agitprop slogans.

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