Ayn Rand's revenge
Eldon
Caligari
> Nice article.
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> www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/books/review/Kirsch-t.html?_r=1&em
I didn't think the article was very good. Critics of Objectivism tend
to do two things which occur in this article: 1) Replace Ayn Rand's
personality and quirks with her philosophy, 2) Simplify and often
misread Objectivism.
It's a bit ironic that Republicans are embracing Atlas Shrugged, since
Ayn Rand was quite critical of the Republican party and thought they
were worse than democrats. There's no evidence given that Rand's
ideas come from Nietchze. Also, the primary example of "Cerf offered
Rand an alternative: if she gave up 7 cents per copy in royalties, she
could have the extra paper needed to print Galt’s oration." to Ayn
Rand not following her philosophy is not true. If Adam Kirsch and
Anne C. Heller had spent the time to read through and thorougly
Objectivism, they would have understood that value is not monetary but
what the individuals considers they're highest value for being free
and alive. For example, that may be giving up a more lucrative job in
a far away city for a higher value of someone they love who will not
move. Or in Ayn Rand's case, the value of her ideas above 7 cents
more per copy. There are contradictions and problems in Ayn Rand's
Objectivism, unfortunately they're not addressed in the simplifiation
in this review. Some of of the problems in Objectivism are a lack of
clearly defining Capitalism and the ideal of a laissez-faire economy
and clarifying the ideal of Selfishness and contradictions in it's
descriptions.
-- Caligari
Tex
You sound like a true cult member, Cal. ;-)
What I find surprising is that anyone would take her seriously.
She's a B movie script writer who took herself too seriously.
A classic example of someone who needed to fwt over herself.
Caligari
Only noise; will respond when there's a useful amount of signal.
(At least there's some intelligence and knowledge behind your posts;
rather than the irrational, repetitive posts by Bruno.)
-- Caligari
Tex
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LOL!!!
Yeah, and your posts are certainly better than those of Marcus
Welch! ;-)