Anyone who, like these authors, trumpets inherent flaws in humanity must beware, as they are their own first exemplar. Rand frequently dismissed such self-hatred with her characteristic efficiency: “Speak for yourself.”

Yes, man is capable of perfection in every realm within which he is capable to act. It is self-contradictory to assert otherwise. The word “perfection” means to maximize one’s capability. Perfection then may not include or require anything of which man is incapable.

Every accurate identification of reality is perfect knowledge. Every action wholly consistent with such knowledge is a perfect act.

The word “perfection” means to maximize one’s capability.

This is not the commonly accepted definition of “perfection”. In normal usage, “perfection” describes a state of complete accuracy and consistency with no room for improvement. Humanity is entirely incapable of achieving such a state. No matter how hard one tries, we will make inaccurate or inconsistent actions. In the case of Rapture, the article argues that they failed because however true their intentions they were unable to accurately model true Objectivism.

Of course, this isn’t the “human nature” Jew is referencing. The Christian worldview indicates that humanity has corporately has made a decision to pursue short term personal interests to the express negative result to himself and others both in the present and in the future. In other words, we deliberately choose to do things that hurt those around us and in the end are sub-optimal for ourselves. If this premise is accurate, we would expect people to distort any rational and correct pattern for living in such a way as to hurt others for immediate personal satisfaction of some type. This would explain why Communism doesn’t work, why Capitalism often results in the suffering of many, and why control economies tend to be abused for the gain of the controller and/or their allies.