Ayn Rand ultimately made the stupid fucking argument that "greed was good".
If she were alive today, one could stipulate she'd side with the likes of Rand Paul and Paul Ryan and even Penn Jillette.
Here is a quote from a wikipedia article which states her motive for writing "Atlas Shrugged".
ARTICLE QUOTE "Rand's stated for writing the novel was "to show how desperately the world needs prime movers and how viciously it treats them" and to portray "what happens to the world without them"."
From this link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Shru..._in_Russia
Under the Sub heading in bold, "Context and writing."
I am fucking sick of my species making arguments for dominance which is all this shit is. One can argue that if they are on top, they can help more. And that is true. But what Rand stupidly ignored are assholes like Hitler and Stalin, whom for a while, made things better for their respective populations.
It isn't as simple as "prime mover". And that term to me is fucking stupid as an atheist, knowing she was herself, an atheist. All she was ultimately arguing was "might makes right" But masked the justification for that in "reason and objectivity".
I fucking hate her, and it is bullshit logic. I think anyone should value objectivity and reason, which she claimed to promote. But her bullshit to me was no different than any despot or theocrat justifying dominance.
If she were alive today, one could stipulate she'd side with the likes of Rand Paul and Paul Ryan and even Penn Jillette.
Here is a quote from a wikipedia article which states her motive for writing "Atlas Shrugged".
ARTICLE QUOTE "Rand's stated for writing the novel was "to show how desperately the world needs prime movers and how viciously it treats them" and to portray "what happens to the world without them"."
From this link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Shru..._in_Russia
Under the Sub heading in bold, "Context and writing."
I am fucking sick of my species making arguments for dominance which is all this shit is. One can argue that if they are on top, they can help more. And that is true. But what Rand stupidly ignored are assholes like Hitler and Stalin, whom for a while, made things better for their respective populations.
It isn't as simple as "prime mover". And that term to me is fucking stupid as an atheist, knowing she was herself, an atheist. All she was ultimately arguing was "might makes right" But masked the justification for that in "reason and objectivity".
I fucking hate her, and it is bullshit logic. I think anyone should value objectivity and reason, which she claimed to promote. But her bullshit to me was no different than any despot or theocrat justifying dominance.
