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24. Objectivism is just a way of justifying being an asshole

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Mar 6, 2018, 01:52 PM

Mar 2018

Ayn Rand was an asshole. If you wanted to be sexist you would call her a bitch, but in my mind asshole is the right term.

So, when you talk about Trump and Ryan and the whole lot allowing them to talk about being Objectivists or Randians you are allowing an artful dodge.

Theirs is the asshole philosophy. Everyone but them and their wealthy asshole patrons can simply fuck off and die.

Objectivism is a philosophy for nasty, selfish 13 year old boys and girls. If you haven’t dropped it by the time you are around 16 then you are a budding asshole (sociopath).

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Robert Reich: "TRUMP'S BRAND IS AYN RAND" [View all] kpete Mar 2018 OP

Ayn Rand hated Christains and William f Buckley hated her. njhoneybadger Mar 2018 #1

I believe Rand was an Atheist, Ligyron Mar 2018 #5

Yet J_William_Ryan Mar 2018 #2

The same Ayn Rand who admired a serial killer for his heartlessness ? eppur_se_muova Mar 2018 #3

"... so upset that a housing project he designed didnt meet specifications he had it dynamited. " pangaia Mar 2018 #4

And then he stiffed the contractors and subs. nt Ilsa Mar 2018 #17

He is about to blow up the USA pangaia Mar 2018 #27

Wrong. Orsino Mar 2018 #6

In video form, off his Twitter account. * It'll save you from all that reading * ffr Mar 2018 #7

Ayn Rand was never popular DAngelo136 Mar 2018 #8

"...thrown with great force." BobTheSubgenius Mar 2018 #10

page 3? i think i gave up after the 2nd paragraph it was so bad. pansypoo53219 Mar 2018 #28

The relationship with Braden was out in the open njhoneybadger Mar 2018 #11

I think Ayn Rand and L Ron Hubbard belong in the same category of crackpots FakeNoose Mar 2018 #12

Hubbard was a fraud, Rand really believed her bullshit njhoneybadger Mar 2018 #19

Those are some great reviews! iscooterliberally Mar 2018 #16

To quote Joh Rogers... JHB Mar 2018 #18

Paul Ryan is a true believer! kairos12 Mar 2018 #9

I had a teacher in college who was convinced that Ayn Rand was a sociopath More_Cowbell Mar 2018 #13

He has help: Speaker of the House Ayn Ryan n/t DFW Mar 2018 #14

The new media is derelict not fooled Mar 2018 #15

You are correct, the American public is clueless njhoneybadger Mar 2018 #21

Against that, Rand's heroes were capable and creative muriel_volestrangler Mar 2018 #20

To the Ayn Rand Paul Ryans of this world... yonder Mar 2018 #22

Everyone read Atlas Shrugged in high school and was mesmerized for a while Orange Free State Mar 2018 #23

Objectivism is just a way of justifying being an asshole Moral Compass Mar 2018 #24

k and r. nt Stuart G Mar 2018 #25

Rand was a FRAUD - and so is TRUMP: She was elderly and sick and needed surgery (lung surgery, after vkkv Mar 2018 #26