First, read this, if you haven’t yet done so:
https://dalehusband.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/a-bitter-rant-about-ayn-rand/
Gee, I wish I’d written this brilliant comment!
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/5729-the-tea-party-and-ayn-rand
#futhark 2011-04-24 16:46
Indeed! (Clap, clap clap, clap!)
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Ayn Rand was the 20th Century founder of Objectivism, a philosophy based on rejection of theism, extreme individualism and reliance on “reason” to find truth and ethics, which are held to be objective in nature.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectivism_(Ayn_Rand)
Unfortunately, it has degenerated into a cult, with disasterous consequences.
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Kudos to Ayn Rand for “objectively” choosing to receive Social Security benefits and Medicare in her old age. To not do so would have been contrary to her best interests.
Shame on her for jeopardizing her health through a life-long nicotine addiction, causing her to require assistance from socialistic institutions supported by a collectivist state. But even more shame on her for her arrogant, social-Darwinist values that the sick, hungry, ill-clad, and ill-housed are only reaping the rewards of their personal lack of industry and creativity. Her compassion rating is a big, obese ZERO!