…when Ayn Rand quotes become adequate.

  • alatheus@lemmy.perthchat.org
    21·
    2 years ago

    Atlas Shrugged is a great book. You don’t need to agree with Ayn Rand’s politics to say so. This quote is spot on, and applies to Capitalism as well (which Rand probably didn’t have in mind, but still).

  • PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml
    22·
    2 years ago

    This one was always adequate about capitalism. It’s the rest that is problem. Do remember that libertarians are completely delusional in that they criticize capitalism but see even more capitalism as a cure.

    • 8Petros (he/him)@lemmy.mlOP
      42·
      2 years ago

      Yes. Many years ago, I had a hot summer affair with Ayn Rand. Moaning with pleasure, I read “Atlas Shrugged” through (including 181-pages long programmatic monologue of John Galt). When I finished reading, I looked around, and said to myself, “No f… way!”

      Historically, that was my turning point towards anarchism.