A couple days ago, someone even admiringly called him an "unrepentant capitalist," apparently a good thing. I guess that's in contrast to the repentant Google billionaires who explicitly struggle with their own "evil", Warren Buffett who complains about winning class warfare, etc.
Of course, it's pure selection bias. They're selecting the individual they think will have the most favorable... or let's say least disgusting... impression on listeners. (Simple: who surrounds himself with the highest rated corporate PR campaigns?) Obviously it'd be more honest to select an average capitalist rather than the most extreme outlier. But their best outlier is awful enough...
All the best,
Tj
On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 10:02 PM, Mark Bennett <bennett.mab at gmail.com> wrote:
> No joke. Only this past weekend did I come across this pile of Randian shit
> "I Am John Galt," which rather arbitrarily divides public figures into
> Randian heroes and parasites. One of the heroes is none other than Steve
> Jobs:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/John-Galt-Innovators-Villainous-Destroying/dp/1118013786
>
> On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 6:26 AM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Having said this, however, what I find really annoying is the Randian
>> infatuation with celebrities and leader figures that permeates the
>> entire American culture, even on the left. It really makes me
>> nauseous.
>>
>> Wojtek
>>
>>
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