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moondust

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4. I'll bet she's popular on Wall Street.

Reply to MightyMopar (Original post)

Thu Aug 16, 2012, 02:06 AM

Aug 2012

And in corporate boardrooms. She provides an intellectual excuse for rapacious amoral capitalism that some people will choose to believe is some kind of moral justification. So more financialization of the economy --> more Randian amorality.

Gore Vidal was rightly concerned.

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I blame Ayn Rand for the decline of morality in America and even the mass shootings [View all] MightyMopar Aug 2012 OP

from the article... handmade34 Aug 2012 #1

I blame Ayn Rand for the decline of narrative skill Tom Ripley Aug 2012 #2

Agree totally. Sociopathy has been unleashed on all of us. freshwest Aug 2012 #3

I'll bet she's popular on Wall Street. moondust Aug 2012 #4

I blame Man in the Moon Marigolds ProgressiveProfessor Aug 2012 #5

Why don't you think think Gore Vidal is rational? MightyMopar Aug 2012 #17

ryan embraces the thoughts of a communist Angry Dragon Aug 2012 #6

Neil Peart DissidentVoice Aug 2012 #7

Peart has long since distanced himself from Rand. hifiguy Aug 2012 #18

Yes, he has... DissidentVoice Aug 2012 #19

Right-wingers are still looking for a loophole safeinOhio Aug 2012 #8

And I'd bet that a lot more people have read 1984 than have read Atlas Shrugged 1-Old-Man Aug 2012 #9

I blame Disco slackmaster Aug 2012 #10

I blame it on the bassa nova. n/t Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2012 #11

the dance of love! TheUnspeakable Aug 2012 #15

I blame Ayn Rand and the bible - TBF Aug 2012 #12

wouldn't it be nice if things were actually this simple? cali Aug 2012 #13

K&R. Well said. Overseas Aug 2012 #14

I blame Nietzsche. raouldukelives Aug 2012 #16

Yes, but she lacks both Nietzche's writing skill and puckish sense of humor Tom Ripley Aug 2012 #20

Yes, Rand and Reagan, hmm now we have Ryan and Romney .. n/t flamingdem Aug 2012 #21