> fornikate writes, "I have found [Ayn] Rand is a great way to weed out people that suck." Indeed. Rarely can one find a useful, simple and reliable douchebag litmus test. But an appreciation of Ayn Rand does spring immediately to mind.
Thanks Cait.
My Rand phase was strongest just after college -- about thirty-five years ago (so now I suck AND I'm old) -- but I still have an appreciation for some of her concepts. Her intensity and some of her quirks are legendary, of course, but she put her finger on some things that struck a chord with me, things that appeared obvious in retrospect, that had rarely been mentioned by others, possibly out of fear.
Rand had no fear of being shouted or argued down. That I admire, too.
I haven't re-read her works in recent times. I do remember that I differed from most Randists in that I did not consider Atlas Shrugged to be her supreme work. It was a fascinating Wizard-of-Oz-like fairytale -- but it actually violated principles she had formerly established in The Fountainhead -- the book I consider her masterpiece. I found that reversal odd.
Anyway, hey, I still proudly suck. Perhaps not as strongly as I used to, but...
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Date: 2011-03-07 07:43 pm (UTC)Thanks Cait.
My Rand phase was strongest just after college -- about thirty-five years ago (so now I suck AND I'm old) -- but I still have an appreciation for some of her concepts. Her intensity and some of her quirks are legendary, of course, but she put her finger on some things that struck a chord with me, things that appeared obvious in retrospect, that had rarely been mentioned by others, possibly out of fear.
Rand had no fear of being shouted or argued down. That I admire, too.
I haven't re-read her works in recent times. I do remember that I differed from most Randists in that I did not consider Atlas Shrugged to be her supreme work. It was a fascinating Wizard-of-Oz-like fairytale -- but it actually violated principles she had formerly established in The Fountainhead -- the book I consider her masterpiece. I found that reversal odd.
Anyway, hey, I still proudly suck. Perhaps not as strongly as I used to, but...
--cleve