The Truth About GOP Hero Ayn Rand
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Has anyone ever explained to these people that she was a fiction writer? Sure they were enjoyable books from a enjoyable writer, so are Heinlein's Starship Troopers. Should we go with the Military government he suggested?
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@fishmanMarch61 Yup, that was one of her major mistakes. As an intellectual, she couldn't comprehend the failure of her audience to understand. Quite an irony.
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she was a fraud. When her ideals were applied to her own life, she cried "foul". She is a waste of time. She and Hitler, both selfish.
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Thank you for the explanation; however, don't you think Ms. Rand most certainly realized that she was being interviewed by Mike Wallace for the viewing audience, an audience of "commonplace" understanding?
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lmao, all you have is a video of her own words? That's your "truth"? You don't address any points? Wow. What a fucking waste of 3 minutes.
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@BIackOp what do you mean she criticized libertarianism? and your champion is running for the republican nomination so i'd consider you right wing.
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@JOBOB335 Libertarianism =/= right wing. Yet she criticized Libertarianism, get your facts straight. She was an idealist, so its a hit and miss.
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@JOBOB335 Can you sum a person up entirely by the party they most closely identify with? Are contemporary liberals in government living up to Websters definition of what they are suppose to stand for?
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@GooseyDusty LOL The left is good at that.
"If you can't persuade, them confuse them" Harry Truman DEMOCRAT.
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Anyone who has actually read Rand knows that the kind of capitalism she advocates is precisely the opposite of the GOP's idea of "capitalism". The GOP model is blatantly fascist in comparison; the Wesley Mouches, Dr. Ferris', and James Taggarts are nearly analogous to Koch Brothers, John Boehner, and FOX News.
Ayn Rand's evaluation of altruism can only be understood in a philosophical and ethical context. In the commonplace context, it simply means kindness, compassion, and charity. The kind of altruism Rand was attacking, the ethical kind, calls for each person to renounce himself and his interests for the sake of serving others. At its extreme, it could be considered self destruction. This is no caricature; every textbook of philosophy on "ethical altruism" would say this
AccumulatedKnowledge 1 week ago 12
absolutely none of these corrupt republicans understand what ayn rand was about. every fucking one of them is just like peter keating and toohey. every one of them compromised themselves to get to where they are.
JOBOB335 3 weeks ago 5