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And the book that changed the guy I'm seeing's life. Now he's judgemental of the homeless and anyone who doesn't corporately advance themselves. Fuck it.
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*shrug*
I find her plots exciting! What can I say?
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Is that even proper English?
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Or smarmmail.
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Mostly because she wrote this:
"Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it's yours."
Every time I read it, I get chills.
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And it's so wordy.
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There are so few novelists.
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And this reminds me of one of my favorite Homer Simpson lines ever: "In THEORY Marge, even Communism works in THEORY." And I think, maybe, Objectivism would too.
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--Merit is always rewarded, vice always punished
--Anyone can pull himself up by the bootstraps if he only tries hard enough
--Businessmen get to the top through merit alone, and once there, never abuse their power; a company with a monopoly, for example, will never engage in price-gouging because anyone who's smart enough and hard-working enough to run a big business successfully is also a totally fair person who would never take more than his share
--Capitalism works with no restrictions whatsoever
--Advocates of any other economic system are stupid, lazy, and greedy
... I could go on pretty much forever. And let's not forget that special Ayn Rand flavor:
--Men are better than women
--"The most feminine look of all is the look of being chained."
--Rape is good because she wanted it
--Good people are physically attractive, bad people are ugly
--If you haven't achieved incredible things in life, you are worthless, and must at least bow to the superiority of the "prime movers"
--Since you are better than everyone else, it's a good idea to be contemptuous of the little people
...yeah... she has some great theories for sure...
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Nice to know I'm not alone.
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I always get annoyed when Cooper on Mad Men recomments Rand to people. I yell "NOOOOOO!" at the screen.
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God I miss Moe.
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