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[-] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

I thought it was kind of interesting until the 50 page long rant that John Galt has where he explains why greed and selfishness is good, but all his arguments only work within the bubble of the made up, fantasy society that Rand created. I don't know how anyone could read that and come away thinking "Boy, this sure is relative to modern society. I better base my whole ideology off of it!"

[-] androogee@midwest.social 5 points 3 months ago

For anyone that didn't know, Ayn Rand was a welfare queen ๐Ÿ’…

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