The fact you buy into her shit blows my mind. It is a standoff. She is a cunt at best, and the best cunt is still a cunt.

@Sticks48 Nice.

@IAMGROOT Truth is not always nice.

@Sticks48 Your comment isn't "truth." It's just you spewing hate about someone you dislike. "Buy into her shit?" Have you ever read any of her philosophical works? I am always open to constructive comments. Yours isn't. I get that lots of people don't agree with Rand, but if they have even a modicum of understanding of Objectivism, I'd place them in the category of being socialists for the most part since Rand valued individual effort and ownership of a person's work product/property above all else. Socialists and "Social Democrats" don't. They think it's just fine to confiscate someone's wealth/property "for the greater good."

@IAMGROOT She just has really bad, incredibly selfish ideas. Being that self absorbed makes her a cunt in my eyes. It is that simple. Fortunately her philosophies will never take hold. She is smart in that she made a lot of money selling books. I will give her that.

@maturin1919 You clearly do not understand Objectivism. Rand valued individual rights and productive effort. That did not mean "getting hers above all else." This statement clearly demonstrates how poor your understanding is on this topic. And nobody asked you for an apology. Hate on whoever you like.

@maturin1919 I think I have a pretty good handle on Objectivism. It espouses true, free-market Capitalism which is something no animal could accomplish. Capitalism is a mutually beneficial value exchange. If a person/company produces something of value to another, they can buy it, or not. Whether you choose to believe it or not, Capitalism has lifted the world to where it is today. Objectivism recognizes the value of Capitalism and, as I have previously mentioned here, prizes individual rights above all others. People, I think, who are not familiar with Objectivism, or only listen to rumor and trash-talking of Rand without making a real effort to understand it, tend to assume Rand/Objectivism means "get yours at THE EXPENSE OF everyone else and this couldn't be further from the truth. It simply means Objectivism says an individual or business has the right to own the fruits of their own labor and to be free to engage in that activity without interference from the government.

@maturin1919 Wow! You used the S word. Those "socialist experiments" have failed repeatedly and your grasp of Capitalism seems worse than your knowledge of Objectivism. I think we're done here.

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I take it you didn't bother to even look, right?

@IAMGROOT

I read Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" book in my 20s. Was disgusted by her selfish, narcissistic beliefs.

I read the article. It's just speculation about what a dead person would think.

@LiterateHiker Thanks for reading the article.