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Xolodno

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68. Never understood why they took this idiot's writings as gospel.

Sat Aug 12, 2023, 08:08 PM

Aug 2023

Writes a bunch of fiction and people transform it to an economic system and think it will work just like the fiction. SMH. I never went through the "phase" as I was Econ major and got my degree in it.

But, there is a lot of stupid people out there, I once quoted Adam Smith and someone I know said it was "socialist". I responded "The father of capitalism in your words a socialist?!". Yeah, he didn't own a liberal that day.

If someone proports Any Rand, you should try to sell them a bridge.

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"Ayn Rand had it completely wrong." [View all] kpete Aug 2023 OP

Probably never thought about how the US constitution is "statist" treestar Aug 2023 #1

At my grandson's HS graduation, everyone got to give him a piece of advice for college (Harvard!) librechik Aug 2023 #2

College students have a bad habit of going through a Rand phase. Paladin Aug 2023 #5

There's a quote about Atlas Shrugged: GopherGal Aug 2023 #6

Good one. Paladin Aug 2023 #7

That's the best summary I've read Warpy Aug 2023 #17

Love it! (nt) Paladin Aug 2023 #47

My copy had a big paperclip containing "the speech"... Whatthe_Firetruck Aug 2023 #75

Obviously we noticed the same thing Warpy Aug 2023 #79

Ooh, Delphinus Aug 2023 #33

Outstanding! I was just about to paste in that quote when I saw you already had done so... Hekate Aug 2023 #46

A young lady in college was involved in my case, too... regnaD kciN Aug 2023 #37

I've never been that impressed with Ayn Rand. calimary Aug 2023 #80

Sheesh. I thought that was a secondary school thing ExWhoDoesntCare Aug 2023 #55

Sue me, I came by my Rand loathing a little late. (nt) Paladin Aug 2023 #63

It wasn't meant as a slam. ExWhoDoesntCare Aug 2023 #70

Mine wasn't meant as a slam, either. Paladin Aug 2023 #76

Hah! When I was in college everybody was reading Kurt Vonnegut FakeNoose Aug 2023 #11

When I was in college (early 70s), it was The Lord of the Rings. ShazzieB Aug 2023 #42

Amen ++ appalachiablue Aug 2023 #50

I'm an old Boomer and I can remember a few high school classmates Warpy Aug 2023 #65

She wrote a book called The Virtue of Selfishness Poiuyt Aug 2023 #3

At the end of her life she took her SS and Medicare Freddie Aug 2023 #4

Tell ya what...my MAGA relatives are FIRST in line for any so-called "socialism" CousinIT Aug 2023 #8

After making a living railing against them for 40 years. She was Meadowoak Aug 2023 #22

She signed up for SS and medicare under her husband's name, which she never used, Meadowoak Aug 2023 #26

Many of those Ayn Rand folks DownriverDem Aug 2023 #9

I read The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged in late adolescence EYESORE 9001 Aug 2023 #10

If they want to ban books that children shouldn't read, there's Meadowoak Aug 2023 #25

Well, there is that rape scene in Fountainhead Farmer-Rick Aug 2023 #29

why ban books that are impossible to read? DBoon Aug 2023 #51

I couldn't get past the first few pages. ExWhoDoesntCare Aug 2023 #56

KnR Hekate Aug 2023 #12

Zombie-eyed granny starver Paul Ryan required his staff to read "Atlas Shrugged" OMGWTF Aug 2023 #13

When he was 16, his father dropped dead of a heart attack TexasBushwhacker Aug 2023 #23

Russian immigrant Ayn Rand, the poster-child icon of penis envy. Demnation Aug 2023 #14

It seems to me Turbineguy Aug 2023 #15

She was harshly treated and not quite right after years Igel Aug 2023 #18

LOL... nothing "socialist" about the USSR except the name. Pure totalitarianism. n/t TygrBright Aug 2023 #30

Yeah, they were building towards socialism Farmer-Rick Aug 2023 #32

State socialism. It really is different, there many different degrees of government involvement in the Yoyoyo77 Aug 2023 #53

Of course she did... Snackshack Aug 2023 #16

Selfishness doesn't support the concept of survival of the species. patphil Aug 2023 #19

Absolutely. Mankind survived against bigger, stronger rivals by being smart and working together. Midnight Writer Aug 2023 #24

The "freedom" Republicans always shout about... Beartracks Aug 2023 #20

The COVID pandemic and related worker shortages proved Ayn Rand completely wrong Ohioboy Aug 2023 #21

The big message is BlueIn_W_Pa Aug 2023 #72

Figured this out 50 years ago relayerbob Aug 2023 #27

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Aug 2023 #28

A Social Contract is always both... She was dead wrong and dangerously JCMach1 Aug 2023 #31

I heard of her around college years. But bc of what she espoused... electric_blue68 Aug 2023 #34

In my s/w headers at work I used to list John Galt as the author. rickford66 Aug 2023 #35

She was a sociopath who admired a serial killer. Like Trump. Farmer-Rick Aug 2023 #36

My considered review of "Atlas Shrugged..." dchill Aug 2023 #38

Ayn Rand's books are popular with young males .... albacore Aug 2023 #39

I read Ayn Rand at an impressionable age Mme. Defarge Aug 2023 #40

she was a total hypocrite anyways RANDYWILDMAN Aug 2023 #41

She was also completely wrong about who the moochers are Stargleamer Aug 2023 #43

Well....duh! Martin68 Aug 2023 #44

DUH. milestogo Aug 2023 #45

"Not a book to be tossed aside lightly; it should be hurled with great force." attrib Dorothy Parker Hekate Aug 2023 #48

Well, tossing it lightly would have proved difficult ExWhoDoesntCare Aug 2023 #60

Whenever someone brings her up, Mr.Bill Aug 2023 #49

What's wrong with fiction? ExWhoDoesntCare Aug 2023 #59

It's just a quick one-liner to tell them Mr.Bill Aug 2023 #61

They know it's fiction. ExWhoDoesntCare Aug 2023 #71

"wiring isn't up to code" Mr.Bill Aug 2023 #73

Kickin' Faux pas Aug 2023 #52

Ayn Rand was an evil psychopath ExWhoDoesntCare Aug 2023 #54

ayn rand is full of shit Jakes Progress Aug 2023 #57

RW websites extoll her rubbish and get MAGAs to feel . . . John1956PA Aug 2023 #58

Excellent! liberalla Aug 2023 #62

Maybe that's why she died virtually alone and a pauper BlueIdaho Aug 2023 #64

Kick. N/T Upthevibe Aug 2023 #66

Nt Marcuse Aug 2023 #67

Never understood why they took this idiot's writings as gospel. Xolodno Aug 2023 #68

Kind of a Trump prototype, she justifies being an a**hole elias7 Aug 2023 #69

Just a large collection of wasted words ChuckInMO Aug 2023 #74

Reading rev barber book on the moral Monday movement...1868 NC constitution JT45242 Aug 2023 #77

take it from Randian Satanist Paul Ryan... alterfurz Aug 2023 #78