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Had a friend once who played Bioshock, went hard into Randian Objectivism, and then became convinced his cognitive dissonance was a superpower.
After he told me this, I started distancing myself from him and swore off amphetamines
Is this like when wooks experience empathy for the first time on molly and decide that they're indigo star-child empaths with psychic powers?
Might as well have been
It is just how they interpret Will to Power, and it's really common among the hardcore and neophyte libertarians. It is necessary to remain libertarian because reality always negatively verify their ideas.