Narz, read Barbara Branden's The Passion of Ayn Rand. I always recommend it when discussions like this come up. The actual human being that Branden writes about is vastly more interesting than the iconic cult figure she became.
(Especially with those idiotic 'pronouncements': Smoking is good! Pollution is good! Men with facial hair are evil!)
Since her death, the 'official' version of Objectivism has descended into a self-parody that's genuinely funny in an unintentional sort of way. For instance, the Ayn Rand Institute has released several essays over the past year or so urging the Bush administration to make sure they kill as many Arabs as possible when they invade Iraq.
And ditto for all the other Mideast countries we invade. Needless to say, the ARI calls for invading lots of other Mideast countries. Needless to say, all of this is at the expense of the US taxpayer. Needless to say, the folks at ARI aren't exactly lining up to be in combat.
Statism is bad except when it's good.
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(Especially with those idiotic 'pronouncements': Smoking is good! Pollution is good! Men with facial hair are evil!)
Since her death, the 'official' version of Objectivism has descended into a self-parody that's genuinely funny in an unintentional sort of way. For instance, the Ayn Rand Institute has released several essays over the past year or so urging the Bush administration to make sure they kill as many Arabs as possible when they invade Iraq.
And ditto for all the other Mideast countries we invade. Needless to say, the ARI calls for invading lots of other Mideast countries. Needless to say, all of this is at the expense of the US taxpayer. Needless to say, the folks at ARI aren't exactly lining up to be in combat.
Statism is bad except when it's good.
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They hate us because of our Freedom Fries.
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