(June 16, 2021 at 10:08 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: I read almost everything by her and she was a big influence on me. In my defense, I was a teenager.
Full disclosure, as a pre teen, and teen there was a time when I did support Reagan, even when I couldn't vote. I think the biggest reason I did at the time was how he stood up to the USSR. But looking back at it now, in retrospect, that was about the only thing he got right. Libertarians to me are merely economic Republicans on meth. Ayn Rand most certainly hated dictators as much as Reagan, and both are strong on national defense spending, but seems that neither ever want to listen to Ike.
Ironically, it was a RUSSIAN who prevented a nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Doesn't mean Stalin's communism, or even today, Putin are empathetic humanitarians. Putin will always be a product of Soviet oppression.
