1. Objectivist historian C. Bradley Thompson wrote and interesting article in which he argued that Marxism is a kind of Christian heresy. The similarities between these two ideologies have been noted occasionally, even by Christians. But the same thing could be said about Objectivism. A while ago I wrote an essay comparing ARI-style Objectivism and religion. One thing that has occurred to me over the years is that just as there is the phenomenon of six degrees of separation between people, there is a similar concept at work with ideologies. It’s easy to find parallels, but that doesn’t mean there is a direct line of influence. Anthropologists have for example found similarities between Native American religions and the religions of Australian Aborigines although direct influence is virtually impossible.
