(December 7, 2014 at 1:32 pm)simplemoss Wrote: So again, why such general hate and disrespect towards ayn rand???
Because she developed a "philosophy" that was nothing more than a poorly constructed justification of her own selfish desires. She tried to intellectualize selfishness in order to legitimize her sociopathic lack of compassion, and in doing so, spread her viral mindset throughout the already corrupt and greedy business world.
In short, she was just a terrible human being.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
