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What if Ayn Rand had written Harry Potter?
Posted on 5/31/14 at 8:13 pm
Posted on 5/31/14 at 8:13 pm
This is pretty good.
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"He hated us for our freedom," Ron said.
"No, Ron," Harry said. "He hated us for our free markets."
Hermione ached with desire for the both of them to master her, but nobody paid her any attention. They had empires to build.
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Posted on 5/31/14 at 8:20 pm to joshnorris14
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If Ayn Rand wrote Harry Potter, Voldemort would be the hero.
Posted on 5/31/14 at 9:48 pm to REG861
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Professor Snape stood at the front of the room, sort of Jewishly. “There will be no foolish wand-waving or silly incantations in this class. As such, I don’t expect many of you to appreciate the subtle science and exact art that is potion-making. However, for those select few who possess, the predisposition…I can teach you how to bewitch the mind and ensnare the senses. I can tell you how to bottle fame, brew glory, and even put a stopper in death.”
Harry’s hand shot up.
“What is it, Potter?” Snape asked, irritated.
“What’s the value of these potions on the open market?”
“What?”
“Why are you teaching children how to make these valuable products for ourselves at a schoolteacher’s salary instead of creating products to meet modern demand?”
“You impertinent boy–”
“Conversely, what’s to stop me from selling these potions myself after you teach us how to master them?”
“I–”
“This is really more of a question for the Economics of Potion-Making, I guess. What time are econ lessons here?”
“We have no economics lessons in this school, you ridiculous boy.”
Harry Potter stood up bravely. “We do now. Come with me if you want to learn about market forces!”
The students poured into the hallway after him. They had a leader at last.
That would be a sight to behold...a bunch of teenage kids WANTING to learn about economics
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This post was edited on 5/31/14 at 9:52 pm
Posted on 5/31/14 at 11:17 pm to REG861
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quote: If Ayn Rand wrote Harry Potter, Voldemort would be the hero.
Maybe - definitely if Neitzsche wrote it though
"There is no good or evil: only power, and those too weak to seek it" - Voldemort
Posted on 5/31/14 at 11:29 pm to TigersforEver
I love it and I want more
Posted on 5/31/14 at 11:32 pm to Ryne Sandberg
Harry Potter is very critical of bureaucracy.
Posted on 5/31/14 at 11:39 pm to RollTide4Ever
The multiple Bureaucratic institutions that Potter encounters are infested by idiotic overlords who pass the buck and ignore the advice of their smarter/more qualified lower-level employees.
Posted on 6/1/14 at 1:23 am to joshnorris14
This must be what a nerdgasm is like...
Posted on 6/1/14 at 7:00 am to joshnorris14
For one, it would be full of leaden dialog & no one but True Believers would read it.
She did show that she was interested in fantasy.
She did show that she was interested in fantasy.
Posted on 6/1/14 at 8:19 am to Tigah in the ATL
When you write a 1,200 page novel in a language you taught yourself by watching movies from the 1940s about philosophy that goes on to be as influential as Atlas Shrugged you can get back to me with criticisms of the dialogue found in Rand's works.
Posted on 6/1/14 at 8:22 am to joshnorris14
Fecking hunger games has been as influential as Rand.
A bunch of goofy anarchists does not mean influence.
A bunch of goofy anarchists does not mean influence.
Posted on 6/1/14 at 8:37 am to Tigah in the ATL
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Fecking hunger games has been as influential as Rand.
Umm no, not even close. You never fail at failure.
Posted on 6/1/14 at 8:45 am to joshnorris14
What if Ayn Rand had written Harry Potter?
It would be a snooze fest.
It would be a snooze fest.
Posted on 6/1/14 at 8:47 am to Tigah in the ATL
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Fecking hunger games has been as influential as Rand.
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Ayn Rand's two most famous novels "The Fountainhead" (1943) and "Atlas Shrugged" (1957) are among the greatest word-of-mouth hits in American publishing. Both were scorned by the critics when they came out, went on to become enormous best-sellers, and to this day sell tens of thousands of copies annually. "Atlas Shrugged," Rand's magnum opus, is sometimes said to be the second-most influential book in American thought, next only to the Bible.
Posted on 6/1/14 at 8:49 am to joshnorris14
Only Tigah in the Atl could make me respond to a joshnorris thread without a sarcastic comment about crypto currencies. I'll never forgive for this, never.
Posted on 6/1/14 at 8:50 am to Vols&Shaft83
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Only Tigah in the Atl could make me respond to a joshnorris thread without a sarcastic comment about crypto currencies. I'll never forgive for this, never.
We're going back to the moon now, might want to wait until the next crash anyways.
Posted on 6/1/14 at 8:54 am to joshnorris14
Honestly, I haven't been paying attention. I actually have some friends who got in on BTC in it's earliest stages. Not for the same reasons you and wiki did, merely because it was such a low risk a few years ago, but they dumped their BTC during the last spike in value.
Posted on 6/1/14 at 5:07 pm to joshnorris14
Only if you've never read a ayn rand.
It's just silly playing on cliches that have no basis in reality.
It's just silly playing on cliches that have no basis in reality.
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