>>Learn to separate the wheat from the chaff. <<
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I will ignore this pretentious statement and just say comparing Rand to Donald Trump is an insult to our President on so many levels.
Rand’s Objectivist philosophy was inherently pathological in its worship of a cartoonish concept of “reason.” Like many false religions it incorporated a few elements of truth—i.e., capitalism and anti-communism.
But of course she had no clue about the true nature of American capitalism, or American greatness-both of which grew directly out of Protestantism (especially, Puritanism).
But that was about it. The woman thought Plato was the essence of evil, and I think she thought about the same thing about Jesus Christ.
Because you perceive pretention, you dismiss the point. Just as some who see uncouthness, dismiss Trump wholecloth. Just as YOU dismiss the obvious and valid truths of Rand because of her personal quirks and ideas you don't believe in.
That is the wheat and the chaff, goodman. You need to learn to find truth where is lies. Throw away the chaff. It's what I do. And I come away with nothing but truth.
There are many flawed messengers, but there is a lot of truth. Are we only to receive it from flawless messengers?
I repeat, with perceived pretension, separate the wheat from the chaff.
It really is the best way.