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re: I will never understand why Ayn Rand is so admired by my fellow conservatives
Posted on 9/28/14 at 11:39 am to OleWar
Posted on 9/28/14 at 11:39 am to OleWar
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I attribute her popularity to her effective critique of the Soviet Union and showing the parallels to the New Deal and the sickness of socialism and Marxism
She did call it on the mind set of Totalitarianism, and what it had to do to maintain power: Coercion and the necessity of crushing individualism.
She's been proven right on that.
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Posted on 9/28/14 at 12:42 pm to redandright
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She did call it on the mind set of Totalitarianism, and what it had to do to maintain power: Coercion and the necessity of crushing individualism.
She's been proven right on that.
I think it's in Anthem where she lays out one of the most concise and well written treatises on the concept of self determination, will of individualism and the basic proof of "self ownership", after all how can you truly be free if you don't "own yourself"? The premise of the marxist,socialist, collectivist statists are all reliant of some form of "greater good" and need of self sacrifice for humanity as a disguise for the removal of individuality and freedom of self determination for the "good of society".
She lays it all out very well and it's no wonder the group think mentality of the weak minded on both the left and right, fear her.
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