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Lars77

(3,032 posts) Tue Mar 6, 2012, 06:52 PM Mar 2012

How Ayn Rand became the new right's version of Marx

[link:http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/mar/05/new-right-ayn-rand-marx|http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/mar/05/new-right-ayn-rand-marx
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It has a fair claim to be the ugliest philosophy the postwar world has produced. Selfishness, it contends, is good, altruism evil, empathy and compassion are irrational and destructive. The poor deserve to die; the rich deserve unmediated power. It has already been tested, and has failed spectacularly and catastrophically. Yet the belief system constructed by Ayn Rand, who died 30 years ago today, has never been more popular or influential.

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How Ayn Rand became the new right's version of Marx (Original Post) Lars77 Mar 2012 OP

It's only popular with the 1 Percent.... And while they own most of the media, midnight Mar 2012 #1

It seems odd to me that all these "Christian Patriots" are enamored of an avowed Atheist ... zbdent Mar 2012 #2

I don't believe any of those neanderthals have actually read Atlus Shrugged from front to back. TNLib Mar 2012 #3

midnight

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1. It's only popular with the 1 Percent.... And while they own most of the media,

Reply to Lars77 (Original post)

Tue Mar 6, 2012, 06:55 PM

Mar 2012

they get to create the message...

zbdent

(35,392 posts)

2. It seems odd to me that all these "Christian Patriots" are enamored of an avowed Atheist ...

Reply to Lars77 (Original post)

Tue Mar 6, 2012, 07:25 PM

Mar 2012

to the point that they follow her ...

Of course, their "love" of Jesus contrasts badly with the way that they actually follow him ... so maybe it's not so much of a surprise ...

TNLib

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3. I don't believe any of those neanderthals have actually read Atlus Shrugged from front to back.

Reply to Lars77 (Original post)

Tue Mar 6, 2012, 07:48 PM

Mar 2012

Someone gave them a synopsis of the book and they have pretended that they've read it so they can pretend they have some intelligence. And for those that may have read it I am doubtful that they have fully comprehended what they were reading.

Like most things the conservative knuckle draggers are being lead around like sheep so they can live in some fairy tale land and believe that they are intellectuals because they happen to agree with some whacko nut job that wrote a book.

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