[lbo-talk] Read Ayn Rand

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Yes but the interesting about Rand is that the people who espouse her "philosophy" believe themselves to be intellectuals. So, it's interesting to see what it is that appeals to them particularly: her emphasis on creative work, the workaholism of her characters, she's a closet Capitalist stakhanovite for the professional class.

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From: "Wojtek S" <wsoko52 at gmail.com> 
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Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 12:43:56 PM 
Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Read Ayn Rand 

[WS:] I am with Carrol on this. There is a lot of bullshit in the world, 
far more than a person's mind can merely process, let alone analyze and 
judge, in the life time. Why wasting time on reading something that is 
based on demonstrably false assumptions? The main claim of this diatribe - 
that all achievements were created by individuals working independently from 
or against the social group of which they are a part is as ridiculous as a 
statement that the Earth is flat and the center of the universe . There are 
no doubt many people who earnestly believe this bullshit, but is it 
worthwhile to give it even a second of serious thought? 

Wojtek 

On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 6:32 PM, Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote: 


> 
> 
> Matthias Wasser wrote: 
> > 
> > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Jeffrey Fisher <jeff.jfisher at gmail.com 
> >wrote: 
> > 
> > > "Libertarians" citing Ayn Rand is like evangelicals and their fondness 
> for 
> > > CS Lewis, except that Lewis was both smarter and a better writer. But 
> as 
> > > Carrol says, if it weren't Rand, it would be someone else. Hayek, 
> probably, 
> > > when we're lucky, although honestly the comparison seems grossly unfair 
> to 
> > > Hayek? 
> > > 
> > 
> > Hayek is too nuanced to serve that kind of role. Rothbard, maybe? 
> 
> 
> The possible sources to find right libertarian sentiments are endless. 
> It's just one of the possible variations on fundamental ideology of 
> capitalist society. No particular author is needed either to formulate 
> it for the true bliever or to offer understanding of it to the enemy of 
> capitalism. 
> 
> Incidentally, I just got back to town after leaving Fridfay and am going 
> through these posts in order, so probably others have already expressed 
> some of my sentiments in posts I have seen yet. 
> 
> Carrol 
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