And automation was cost effective because automation is always cost effective. Even in China's sweatshops workers are increasingly replaced by automation as soon as automation for a given task is available. In the long term, only volunteering is cheaper than automation.

Simply because true absolutely rational self interest automatically leads to cooperation and socialism which Rand herself vehemently hated. Simply because it is way cheaper and safer live in a society where nobody is left behind and has to resort to violence or spreads diseases around because doctors are too expensive to visit. It also leads to a lot of taxes to pay for the infrastructure that benefits everyone - also a concept that Rand abhorred.
And finally it also leads to non-smokers because smoking is irrational, while Rand... well, you get the idea.

Ultimately, all her "philosophy" is a collection of fairy tales for money nobility wannabes.

How are you going to defend yourself if you'll be shot first?

If there is no police, nobody would bother attacking with less than deadly force. If the average citizen is unarmed, but some kind of law enforcement is in place, the robbers usually don't have the incentive to escalate things, but if the citizens are armed and there is no law enforcement, any sane robber would kill and then rob the corpse.

Pakistan.

It is one of the best Jackie Chan movies in my opinion.

Ah yes, no true Scotsman.

In fact it does. CPUSA is your far left.

actually, the electrification part has indeed happened.

Leninism? Okay. The definition of leninism is "dictatorship of proletariat plus electrification of the whole country".
I don't think that works out either.

Neither does fascism, by the way. Maybe fascism lite.

Communism, really? So which candidate supports workers owning the means of production, getting rid of money, and, ultimately, the government?

Okay, I'll bite. How do you explain that even remote European villages usually have underground power lines?

Needing a crutch to feel power and freedom is heterosexual... how exactly? In fact, walking is much more awesome than driving because when you walk, it is your own legs which enable you to do that. Guys who define their manliness by driving are the same people who buy penis enlargement pills so they can destroy the environment and help spammers to survive at the same time.

Why exactly are you so proud of living in a traffic jam?

Eskimos were selectively bred for that kind of a diet. There is some foodstuff that these zero-carb-eating indigenous tribes eat (rotten meat for example), that would be deadly poison to any other human.

Soviet constitution which was the basic law of USSR.
First, Crimea turning into an autonomous republic within Ukraine was already contrary to the referendum since restoring the Crimean ASSR would be restoring it as part of RSFSR.

Second, even if we would let my first point slide, Soviet constitution clearly states that an autonomous republic can only exists within an union republic. If Ukraine is no longer a part of the union, this notion doesn't work anymore. This is what has caused the war in Abkhasia in 1992.

Third, here is just one of several examples of using force to keep Crimea on a tight leash through the years. They have tried to become independent several times through the years and were regularly screwed by Ukraine. No wonder they seized the opportunity now.

You fail your history. Have your parents acknowledge your "F" by next week.

Hm, must be a recent and traumatising experience for you, trying to project it on me in such a detail. Let me tell you something, kiddo. I went to schools and universities in several countries. None of these used letters for marks. Have left my parents' basement several decades ago and one day you will grow up and do the same and see the big and very diverse world out there. But until then, get off my lawn.