Posted on 01/21/2015 4:06:39 PM PST by iowamark
That’s right.
Well said.
Yes, that was her fatal flaw right there, you pinpointed it. It’s quite understandable the mistakes she made, once you realize that.
Imagine if you were smart enough to detect the truly heinous forces at work in the world and what would happen, but still blind to the truth and hope offered by God. Well, you might search for worldly solutions to fight back with, but you cannot fight the world with the tools of the world and win.
It would either drive you to hopelessness and desperation, or to some pretty far out precipices in search of a “novel” solution to the problem. That’s where she ended up.
I re-post...but with a small correction:
If atheist Ann Rand libertarian types were to gain the upper hand, we’ll have limited government and free markets, in a Sodomite supreme court and immoral Christ-less country...its SCOTUS justices appointed by Ann Rand libertarians.
I shudder to think what kind of supreme court justices someone like (Ann) Rand Paul would appoint.
When a country surrenders the moral high ground they’ve lost it all.
There are people who simply cannot understand Objectivism. They simply cannot.
I’ve read Atlas Shrugged four times. Like a fine wine, it just gets better with age. People who hate her, fear her.
Most self proclaimed Libertarians are not Libertarians at all, thank God.
Did you hate Reagan, too?
“If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer just as liberalism is a misnomer for the liberals — if we were back in the days of the Revolution, so-called conservatives today would be the Liberals and the liberals would be the Tories. The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom and this is a pretty general description also of what libertarianism is.”
-— Ronald Reagan
There might be a little misogyny here also. Just sayin’.
Many people may not realize that Ayn was born and raised in Russia. She personally experienced the destructive nature of a “Big brother” society under communism. She personally observed her families life turn to crap. Her fathers business was just taken away. Her passion for her writing was a warning to Americans of what might come if they fall asleep. Her vision was nothing more than what she had already observed in real life and in real time.
Take two shots of vodka, then try getting through it... repeat as necessary to finish the chapter. ;)
Rand’s teachings have room for one to be a Christian. But they do not have room for a Christian to use force to advance their beliefs. She never demanded that in her perfect society, belief must be made illegal.
Her personal life was a trainwreck, this is where Christianity can be brought to bear. But the barest essential of hers was that individual freedom was the ultimate goal.
The great thing about having read her is that it left me free to simply live my life. I'm a conservative, so you can't guilt-trip me about being white, or being (finally) middle class, or anything else. I don't feel guilty and I'm not giving you anything.
The great thing about being an atheist is that you can't guilt trip me into being ashamed of any "original sin" and I'm not praying to anyone or apologizing for anything.
And once you shake off all the whining, clinging demands both sides place on you, you are simply free. You go about your business using your own judgment, doing as you see fit, and as long as it isn't illegal, well... there you go. Life is simple. We complicate it with nonsense, but it's really not necessary.
The author is an idiot. He clearly doesn’t understand “The Wealth of Nations” and the damage that progressivism does.
Let’s all post slightly larger pictures of Ayn Rand until we crash the internet.
Well put.
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You just repeated the lamest lie ever about Reagan. He was no lib. Go back to that quote and finish his thought on libertarianism.
Rand had much the same effect on me, madame.
L
Rand’s book “We the Living” provides a good view of the awful life under communism in Soviet Russia.
(L)libertarians are liberals. Social liberals, therefore not conservative.
I’d sooner support a RINO over a lib.
I just watched the last “Atlas Shrugged” last night. It was horrible. But Rand’s message is clear and resonant: you serve the world best by serving yourself best.
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