Tooting this publicly, since the thread was unlisted:

Re: #Wikipedia and #JimmyWales,

Jimmy Wales is an #Objectivist (follower of the philosophy of #AynRand), and doesn't believe in #altruism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wales#Personal_philosophy

He has rejected the notion that his role in promoting Wikipedia is altruistic, which he defines as "sacrificing your own values for others", and he states that the idea that "participating in a benevolent effort to share information is somehow destroying your own values makes no sense to me".

That alone doesn't make him a bad person, but union-busting Wikipedia certainly does, and is in character for Randian folk. :P~

I'm not very familiar with Objectivism, but I imagine that it positions itself as a positive individualist philosophy. That somehow by pursuing our own good, we pursue the good of others, too, or something.

Yeah, right. 🤨