Ayn Rand

[BiggDick]

what's your take?

[DeletedUser]

Let's just go ahead and hear yours so we can move this along in a timely manner.

It's GameDay.

[BiggDick]

I dunno if I have one - yet. That's why I asked.

As far as I can tell, she's pretty divisive. Folks seem to either love her or hate her.

Apparently, she espouses a particular brand of right-leaning philosophy? Or something.

Proponents think her work champions the merits of libertarianism. Critics think her philosophy and ideology is kinda self-serving, in a naive, oversimplified kinda way.

Or something?

I dunno.

That's why I asked.

[Shirley]

I dunno if I have one - yet. That's why I asked.

As far as I can tell, she's pretty divisive. Folks seem to either love her or hate her.

Apparently, she espouses a particular brand of right-leaning philosophy? Or something.

Proponents think her work champions the merits of libertarianism. Critics think her philosophy and ideology is kinda self-serving, in a naive, oversimplified kinda way.

Or something?

I dunno.

That's why I asked.

Libertarianism in general, and Ayn Rand in particular, in a nutshell:

“For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.”
H.L. Mencken

[Overlander]

Have fun with this one guys.

I will check in at Page 47 and see how the land lays.

[JKLivin]

what's your take?

I like.

[TDub]

Have fun with this one guys.

I will check in at Page 47 and see how the land lays.

if history serves.....its one of the few times land loses value.

[DCHawk1]

Neil Peart loved her.

When he was a kid.

Then he grew up.

[BiggDick]

“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."

[pdub]

what's your take?

I like.

As white dudes who didn’t mature past 17 tend to do.

[JKLivin]

what's your take?

I like.

As white dudes who didn’t mature past 17 tend to do.

I think you’re confusing me with the dood who likes to read about Hobbits and wizards and elves.

[pdub]

No, I most certainly am not.

[pdub]

Funny enough, if we had to put Lord of the Rings characters to posters on this bored, you'd be an instant fit for Saruman.

"Hey, I don't really care for how Sauron acts either, but we kinda have no choice here."

[JKLivin]

Funny enough, if we had to put Lord of the Rings characters to posters on this bored, you'd be an instant fit for Saruman.

"Hey, I don't really care for how Sauron acts either, but we kinda have no choice here."

I have no idea what that means. I don’t waste my time reading about nerdy fantasy worlds. But, if that’s your thing, then good on you. I always find it interesting that Rand’s ideas are so threatening to some people.

And you do have a choice. You can ban me. Problem is, I’m not breaking any rules, so doing so would say a lot more about you than me, which I think you realize deep down.

I don’t care for people who name call and hurl insults for no good reason, either, but I don’t give in to bullying or attempts at intimidation.

[Overlander]

Funny enough, if we had to put Lord of the Rings characters to posters on this bored, you'd be an instant fit for Saruman.

"Hey, I don't really care for how Sauron acts either, but we kinda have no choice here."

I don’t care for people who name call and hurl insults for no good reason, either, but

Holy

Fucking

Shit

[pdub]

Essentially you called just called me a nerd.
And Rand's ideas would have people working for $1.25 while Elon would be hailed as some sort of savior.

[MICHHAWK]

i don't know who anne rand is.

but if we're talking fantasy world franchises. harry potter is the best. hands down. not even close.

[pdub]

You can ban me. Problem is, I’m not breaking any rules, so doing so would say a lot more about you than me, which I think you realize deep down.

Not at all.
I've compared this site to a bar.
If an owner of the bar, who also works long shifts, has a guy coming spewing off about stolen elections, calling powerful and intelligent women names, saying soccer is for sissies, forecasting violence if his candidate looses again etc etc etc AND THEN says to the owner one day, "if you kick me out, doing so will say a lot more about you than me", well, hopefully that owner gets a chuckle as he throws you out the door.

[Overlander]

You can ban me. Problem is, I’m not breaking any rules, so doing so would say a lot more about you than me, which I think you realize deep down.

Not at all.
I've compared this site to a bar.
If an owner of the bar, who also works long shifts, has a guy coming spewing off about stolen elections, calling powerful and intelligent women names, saying soccer is for sissies, forecasting violence if his candidate looses again etc etc etc AND THEN says to the owner one day, "if you kick me out, doing so will say a lot more about you than me", well, hopefully that owner gets a chuckle as he throws you out the door.

Psych wants to be Martyred so badly.

[KUTradition]

is it martyrdom if it’s only in his head?