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In reply to the discussion: Alternet: How Ayn Rand Helped Make The U.S. Into A Selfish, Greedy Nation [View all]fasttense
(17,301 posts)2. Ayn Rand was a psychopath.
She put herself above all others. She declares herself a god.
Then when a serial killer who chopped up a 12 year old girl and threw her body parts around for the grieving father to find comes along, Ayn Rand idolizes him. In her diary she uses him as one of her heroes in her book. William Hickman a psychopath with a blood lust is easily identified by another smart psychopath, Ayn Rand. Then she writes books on how noble and moral people who act like psychopaths are.
And a bunch of stupid people believe her.
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Alternet: How Ayn Rand Helped Make The U.S. Into A Selfish, Greedy Nation [View all]
Hissyspit
Dec 2011
OP
Bingo. But she is the darling of the GOP (Grand Old Psychopath) party
ProfessionalLeftist
Dec 2011
#10
It's not my problem that you refuse to believe that my country does a lot of good in the world.
Bogart
Dec 2011
#7
Bush was responsible for many stupid things. Some of them are correctable--some are not.
Bogart
Dec 2011
#22
If the Randists had their way the dollar amount of US foreign aid would be exactly ZERO.
kestrel91316
Dec 2011
#14
foreign aid is not charity -- it's a hammer we use to get what we want.
nashville_brook
Dec 2011
#16