tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post9083821816358968140..comments2023-05-07T00:48:54.638-07:00Comments on Incongruous Circumspection: No, John Galt...er...Ayn Rand - You're WrongIncongruous Circumspectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16232186225573312896noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-3998245738495478722012-08-19T04:45:21.924-07:002012-08-19T04:45:21.924-07:00Libertarians are fairly likely to be influenced by...Libertarians are fairly likely to be influenced by Rand*, some might even describe her as the mother of their movement, but most would not (and those that do I would venture are factually mistaken; as you say, she hated us before it was cool).<br /><br />*I was a full-blown anarchist before I ever read anything by Rand, so I wasn't impressed and never found her particularly radical or JORnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-1021054392356745012012-08-17T23:11:33.476-07:002012-08-17T23:11:33.476-07:00Great post, I just want to say that not every libe...Great post, I just want to say that not every libertarian approves of Ayn Rand, (raises hand). I haven't read Altas Shrugged, I have read Anthem, and that will be the last book I read of hers. Her arrogance and selfishness can be very revolting.<br /><br />A person's wealth is not the measure of who they are as a person, it's how they treat others, especially people that they have Sheldon Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17660822618786253558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-91671814278733775822012-08-16T10:17:39.135-07:002012-08-16T10:17:39.135-07:00I want to cry right now at the beauty of your word...I want to cry right now at the beauty of your words. I am overwhelmed. <br /><br />While you were here, I wept in the car to my older child, "I just don't want you to be poor like I have been all these years." She said, "But mommy, we have all been so happy." And in my mind I agreed, but my heart is weary of scrambling every month for rent. I really wish our intangibles Annnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-62548863464890026812012-08-14T15:31:14.919-07:002012-08-14T15:31:14.919-07:00I've sometimes wondered if I should bother rea...I've sometimes wondered if I should bother reading Atlas Shrugged, since so many people seem to like the book. (It's apparently one of Paul Ryan's favorites.) Then I read something like this and decide, perhaps, it's best to just get the basic idea from Cliff Notes. Ayn Rand just sounds absolutely....toxic.Kacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03280291191286962710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359713856816206512.post-5516360873897360222012-08-14T00:15:16.647-07:002012-08-14T00:15:16.647-07:00Beautifully expressed, Joe. :-)Beautifully expressed, Joe. :-)Petticoat Philosophernoreply@blogger.com