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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 12:10 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Posted on 9/28/14 at 12:10 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
quote:Wrong.
1) Ayn Rand despised altruism, yet an important tenet of conservatism is the admiration of voluntary charity, community, and association.
quote:Wrong.
3) Ayn Rand was a materialist, while the conservative mindset often focuses on spiritual and moral foundations. She is actually very Marxist in her thinking in this regard.
The problem with Rand was that her writing style was atrocious. Decent points; weak books.
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Posted on 9/28/14 at 12:17 pm to Blue Velvet
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The problem with Rand was that her writing style was atrocious. Decent points; weak books.
This. Some of her philosophical points were spot on. She was a self-indulgent hack though, and her books were terrible. The 50 page John Galt speech in Atlas Shrugged epitomized that. AS could have been readable if she cut it in half, but she needed bloviate for over a thousand pages. She was also a pretty shitty person
This post was edited on 9/28/14 at 12:19 pm
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