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Ayn Rand's criticism of altruism

As someone who has cited this on so many occasions that it's IN MY PREDICTIVE TEXT... Why do you think it would logically follow that I wouldn't wnat credit or money?
Hym "Seriously! I've cite Ayn Rand's criticism of altruism so many time it's in my predictive text! That's what makes it something-something non-sequitur guys! Try literally anything other than Uno Reverse and Something-Something Non-sequitur ONE TIME! It's a literal coin toss."
by Hym Iam February 22, 2024
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A fallacy that defends a flawed position by comparing it to even worse alternatives, without ever addressing the flaws themselves. "Sure, our healthcare system is broken, but at least it's not as bad as Country X." The fallacy doesn't solve the problem; it just points to someone else's greater problems as a reason to accept one's own. This is the logical skeleton of the "lesser evil" argument, of "it could be worse," of every defense of the status quo that never actually defends the status quo—it just points to something worse. The fallacy ignores that the existence of worse alternatives does not make a bad alternative good, and that the goal should be improvement, not comparison. It's the favorite fallacy of those who benefit from things staying exactly as they are.
Fallacy of the Relative Exception (Fallacy of "All Other Alternatives Are Worse") Example: "She pointed out the corruption, the inequality, the failing infrastructure. He responded with the Fallacy of the Relative Exception: 'But look at Country Y—they have it so much worse.' The problems she listed remained unaddressed, unsolved, untouched. The existence of somewhere worse was supposed to make her somewhere better. It didn't."
by Abzugal February 21, 2026
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