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Galraedia

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Sun May 6, 2012, 10:41 PM May 2012

The Satanic Budget: Death To The Weakling

A little over a week ago, Paul Ryan had to disavow his heroine, Ayn Rand, after his church—the Catholic Church—came down on him for espousing her philosophy. The truth is that Ayn Rand is the darling of the Republican Party and Ryan’s budget is based upon principles she has championed.

Here’s the video:



I’ll be honest. Other than knowing the names of her books and the obvious conclusion one would come to upon reading the title The Virtue of Selfishness, I didn’t know a whole lot about her ideas and beliefs. So I did some research and even downloaded Anthem to my Kindle. It’s a short (100 pages in length) fable that shines a light on her beginnings in Russia and winds up encapsulating her philosophy. While doing my research, it struck me that a lot of what she had to say and a lot of what I’m hearing from the Right these days is eerily similar to another book I’ve had the occasion to research for my soon to be released novel CRAZY.

In the YouTube clip above, Rand states that if a person is weak, they are undeserving of love. In the book I used to research the character in my novel it states: Death to the weakling, wealth to the strong!

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The Satanic Budget: Death To The Weakling (Original Post) Galraedia May 2012 OP
Anton LaVey was actually a committed fan of Ayn Rand. provis99 May 2012 #1
 

provis99

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1. Anton LaVey was actually a committed fan of Ayn Rand.
Sun May 6, 2012, 10:44 PM
May 2012

world's most famous Satanist likes objectivism.

I wonder what else Paul Ryan has in common with Anton LaVey?

If I were to condense Rand's "philosophy" to one line, it would be: Evil is good, and Good is evil.

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