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chervilant

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2. Oh, puh-leeze!

Reply to thomhartmann (Original post)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 03:08 PM

Apr 2012

Ayn Rand gave greedy people 'fashionable' justifications for accumulating wealth, and rejecting 'concern' for others--which requires self-sacrifice and compromise.

That so many people--and, now, so many politicians-- embrace her bizarre 'philosophy' is of far greater concern. Are more of us tending towards the sociopathy manifest in Ayn Rand's world view?

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Thom Hartmann: Paul Ryan's end point is an Ayn Rand Utopia & he knows it [View all] thomhartmann Apr 2012 OP

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Oh, puh-leeze! chervilant Apr 2012 #2

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