Posted on 03/29/2009 1:22:09 PM PDT by freemike
Ayn Rand, the author of Atlas Shrugged is interviewed by Mike Wallace in 1959. She talks morality and government. If I had to peg her, I would say she'd be a backer of Ron Paul. Definitely not a Palin supporter. I did just get her book and am into the second chapter. It's a good read so far.Libertas
Ayn Rand is like a Patton compared to Ron Paul on foreign policy.
Another slag off for Sarah Palin.
Well that’s good. I admit, I know little about her, so that is why I looked up this interview and thought others might be interested. Love the book. And love anyone who loves freedom and liberty.
Wonderful post! Marking to view later.
Damn, I’m gonna floss six times a day from now on.
Thanks for that link, Nice site, by the way.
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Thanks.
Francisco’s speech tells you allot about her philosophy, but you definitely can’t peg her inside the first two chapters.
As you read you’ll spend allot of time thinking about how much the book parallels what is going on today. I don’t think there could be a time where the book has more pertinence than right now.
I’d recommend Milton Friedman, Friedrich Hayek, Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, Adam Smith, Ben Franklin, Winston Churchill, Reagan, James Madison, etc
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I first read that book about 1969 (Paperback). I read it again (same Paperback) about 20 years later. My wife purchased for me the hard bound edition about five years ago.....and I promptly read it again.
Each time I was amazed that it dealt with what was currently going on with our country. This tells me that the same crap will probably be going on in D.C. a hundred years from now. LOL
What makes you think she would not be a Palin supporter? I don’t get the parallel.
Mike Wallace...a Yellow Journalist even in the 50’s...who knew?
Curiosity only...why would she not like Palin?
I had a similar experience....first read the book in 1964 and re-read it twice since then. Other than the Bible, it has had more influence on my life than any other book.
While Ayn should be required reading for anyone thinking they want an education, she was a feminist and demanded special rights for women. She supported “Affirmative Action”, i.e. setasides for women. Ayn was not pure in her thoughts as a libertarian.
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Ayn Rand was an extremely arrogant intellectual snob who called religion “mysticism” and thought it a sign of a weak and irrational mind. She despised Reagan for his professed Christianity, although he was arguably the only Randian to become POTUS. Except for her religious beliefs, Palin could have been a Randian heroine.
Ayn Rand is brilliant, but nobody is perfect.
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