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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 10:36 AM Original message |
CNN: 'Atlas Shrugged' author (Ayn Rand) sees resurgence |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. Rand isn't well-known in the UK, so I first heard of her on DU |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 10:42 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Anyone who doesn't like taxes, regulations and government can move to Somali. |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 10:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Alan Greenspan was one of her disciples |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
3. Interesting, Isn't It? |
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nxylas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 11:30 AM Original message |
Hmmm, I know what his response to that would be |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
5. Ayn Rand was batshit crazy |
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Birthmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
6. Well, at least she did one thing for the right... |
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Voltaire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
7. Objectivism = Pure Pernicious Bullshit |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
8. It's actually the perfect philosophy for selfish teenager/college students. |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 11:30 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I Thought That When Was I Was Selfish College Student |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 11:32 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Interesting point because most of the people that I met who were affected by... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
11. Rand's philosophy rationalizes sociopathic behavior. It elevates the Reptilian part of human nature |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 11:43 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I watched an interview between her and Phil Donahue on YouTube and... |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. One of the funniest movies ever made is "The Fountainhead" with Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. This movie was shown on either TBS or AMC over the weekend. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Actually, she did the cheating, taking what she wanted. |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 12:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. LOL |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
14. What, is the book getting free publicity disguised as a news story or something? |
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dem629 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 12:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Fox News and talk radio (Beck mostly) |
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dem629 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
17. Yep. It's happening with at least one family member. |
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lies and propaganda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
19. "libertarians are republicans who smoke weed" |
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dem629 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
21. By the way, the new Rand fans who are conservatives probably won't like this |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
22. I have been going at randians hammer and tong for years. |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
23. I have been going at Libertarians hammer and tong for years |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
24. This sums Rand up nicley... |
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