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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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