me and ayn

R rhisiart at earthlink.net
Thu Apr 18 21:30:13 PDT 2002


----- Original Message -----

From: Dennis Perrin

To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com

Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 8:58 PM

Subject: Re: me and ayn

> Curiously, I've had humanist, socialist tendancies long before I had

> a clue what those things were, and for years I counted [Rand's] books as

part of

> the body of things I'd read that got me to that place. Wierd huh?

Not really. Rand was an atheist, pro-choice, and above all a materialist.

And while she viciously dismissed the basic idea underlying charity, i.e.

that selflessness and the giving to others was a form of slavery, she

demanded near-total obedience to her doctrines by her selected circle,

called, "ironically," The Collective. (Read Barbara Branden's book to get a

ringside seat to this crowd.) Her work is practically unreadable, turgid,

long-winded and humorless. But the cult that grew in her shadow displayed

some amusing and entertaining behavior.

I once dated an Objectivist -- for the sex, of course,

i'm glad this isn't one of those kiss and tell e-mails.

as the discussion

following proved mind-numbing beyond belief.

DP

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