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maxsolomon

(32,992 posts)
Wed Sep 19, 2012, 01:41 PM Sep 2012

Is anyone else hearing Ayn Rand in this GOP Makers/Takers line of argument?

I don't expect that the AEI or Paul Ryan would know better, but Willard Rmoney sounded like he's about to head out for Galt's Gulch. I thought he was supposed to be too smart to believe Objectivist tripe.

Decipimur Sepcie Recti, particularly if you're a conservative.

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Is anyone else hearing Ayn Rand in this GOP Makers/Takers line of argument? (Original Post) maxsolomon Sep 2012 OP
Atlas Shrugged has become the (secret) Bible for the GOP elite. reformist2 Sep 2012 #1
So, so much! XemaSab Sep 2012 #2
was thinking that oldhippydude Sep 2012 #3
EVERYONE is hearing it. louis-t Sep 2012 #4
Use any reactionary book or Wellstone ruled Sep 2012 #5
"I got mine" has been a bedrock GOP principle for a long, long time DefenseLawyer Sep 2012 #6
Romney thinks he's John Galt or Howard Roarke when he's Peter-freaking-Keating. Barack_America Sep 2012 #7
The Objectivists at AEI have Rmoney's ear: maxsolomon Sep 2012 #8

reformist2

(9,841 posts)
1. Atlas Shrugged has become the (secret) Bible for the GOP elite.
Wed Sep 19, 2012, 01:43 PM
Sep 2012

It's obvious in almost everything they write or say these days.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
5. Use any reactionary book or
Wed Sep 19, 2012, 02:33 PM
Sep 2012

person to better your position in Society is the theme of Willard Rmoney. Been doing it his whole life.

 

DefenseLawyer

(11,101 posts)
6. "I got mine" has been a bedrock GOP principle for a long, long time
Wed Sep 19, 2012, 02:40 PM
Sep 2012

"I got mine and if you don't it's your own fault. And since you aren't as smart and hardworking as I am, your only way to get ahead is to steal what is rightfully mine." The baffling thing is that they have convinced so many people that don't "have theirs" to buy into that mindset.

Barack_America

(28,876 posts)
7. Romney thinks he's John Galt or Howard Roarke when he's Peter-freaking-Keating.
Wed Sep 19, 2012, 02:49 PM
Sep 2012

I read all of Rand's books as a young person, which helped solidify my identity as a Democrat. In any case, Romney bears no resemblance to any of her heros. She would find him pathetic. Of all her characters, he's most like the "weak" Peter Keating, which is actually a bit of a complement given he was one of the few with any scrap of humanity left.

maxsolomon

(32,992 posts)
8. The Objectivists at AEI have Rmoney's ear:
Wed Sep 19, 2012, 02:54 PM
Sep 2012

Mr. Romney’s thinking on the matter has been shaped in part by Arthur C. Brooks, the president of the conservative American Enterprise Institute. Mr. Brooks said that he had discussed his new book, “The Road to Freedom: How to Win the Fight for Free Enterprise,” with Mr. Romney, who was particularly interested in whether redistribution would lead to a disengaged electorate — with the government paying for programs benefiting more people with dollars coming from fewer of them.

“It’s not necessarily a good thing for the country that more people are pulling more benefits out of the system than they’re paying in,” Mr. Brooks said in an interview. “That’s not a healthy thing for citizenship, and it’s not good for these people themselves either, if they feel attenuated from their government.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/19/us/politics/romneys-anxiety-over-takers-conflicts-with-longtime-gop-stand.html?pagewanted=all

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