Ayn Rand: The Philosophy of the Psychopath

[Clinton Huxley]

Mr Monbiot applies force directly to the head of a nail again, describing Rand's "Objectivisim" as "psychopathic". A pretty accurate description.

Still, she is weirdly popular amongst Americans, I hear.



http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree ... -rand-marx

[Hermit]

Almost one third of Americans, according to a recent poll, have read Atlas Shrugged

Really? I wonder if one third of Americans have read any one of those bestsellers with the embossed title pages that sell like hotcakes at airports, let alone ploughed through several hundred pages of unadulterated, relentlessly boring crap.

[redunderthebed]

To compare the stupid bitch to karl marx is a fucking insult.

I lol when she signed up to social security etc when she needed it.

[Mallardz]

Almost one third of Americans, according to a recent poll, have read Atlas Shrugged

Really? I wonder if one third of Americans have read any one single book, let alone ploughed through several hundred pages of unadulterated, relentlessly boring crap.

Maybe they conducted a poll of 1-20 people in a book shop?

[Animavore]

I don't know one person who has read Atlas Shrugged. Most people around these parts would never even of heard of the crazy cult-leader, Ayn Rand.

[redunderthebed]

I don't know one person who has read Atlas Shrugged. Most people around these parts would never even of heard of the crazy cult-leader, Ayn Rand.

As monbiot pointed how many of the bible bashing tea baggers that like ayn rand realise she is an atheist?

[Animavore]

I don't know one person who has read Atlas Shrugged. Most people around these parts would never even of heard of the crazy cult-leader, Ayn Rand.

As monbiot pointed how many of the bible bashing tea baggers that like ayn rand realise she is an atheist?

Well her philosophy certainly isn't Christian. The Catholic church, the true Christianity*, is socialist. Protestants just make up their own stuff to suit themselves.



*I'm joking.

[Pappa]

Wow.... a third of Americans can read!?!?

[Pappa]

Btw.... Micheal Shermer included a chapter on Ayn Rand as a cult in his book "Why People Believe Weird Things".

[Animavore]

Yeah. I read that.

[Svartalf]

To compare the stupid bitch to karl marx is a fucking insult.

I lol when she signed up to social security etc when she needed it.

You know how many "people" (the likes of seeth, but supposedly people still) would actually regard her MUCH higher than Marx?
They see her as having found deep truths, whereas they regard Marx as a shit stirring rabble rouser who united the lowlifes against their betters, but whose "ideas" to call them something they don't deserve, had no merit or insight whatever.

[Svartalf]

I don't know one person who has read Atlas Shrugged. Most people around these parts would never even of heard of the crazy cult-leader, Ayn Rand.

Ireland is a backwater ... but when it comes to such crap, that becomes a blessing.

[Svartalf]

Btw.... Micheal Shermer included a chapter on Ayn Rand as a cult in his book "Why People Believe Weird Things".

You make me want to read that.

[amused]

Funny, I always thought sociopath was the correct description:

so·ci·o·path   [soh-see-uh-path, soh-shee-]
noun Psychiatry .
a person, as a psychopathic personality, whose behavior is antisocial and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience. - dictionary.com

I guess they are somewhat interchangeable?

[redunderthebed]

To compare the stupid bitch to karl marx is a fucking insult.

I lol when she signed up to social security etc when she needed it.

You know how many "people" (the likes of seeth, but supposedly people still) would actually regard her MUCH higher than Marx?
They see her as having found deep truths, whereas they regard Marx as a shit stirring rabble rouser who united the lowlifes against their betters, but whose "ideas" to call them something they don't deserve, had no merit or insight whatever.

Are you channelling seth?