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To: Goldhammer
Regarding Goldhammer's anti-Rand book ("The Ayn Rand Cult") recommendation in post 34, it has an Amazon.com sales ranking ... Amazon.com Sales Rank: 110,643

Compare that to the Amazon ranking for Ayn Rand's paperback edition of "Atlas Shrugged" ... Amazon.com Sales Rank: 151

Based on that empirical data, I'd guess that there are far more Rand fans out there than Rand haters; but the saddest fact is (for those interested readers) that Ayn Rand is hated virulently -- as was Mark Twain -- by religious folks committed to altruism and claiming to preach love.

100 posted on 09/02/2002 9:57:37 PM PDT by thinktwice
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To: thinktwice; Goldhammer
Based on that empirical data, I'd guess that there are far more Rand fans out there than Rand haters; but the saddest fact is (for those interested readers) that Ayn Rand is hated virulently -- as was Mark Twain -- by religious folks committed to altruism and claiming to preach love.

First, based on the empirical data, the more correct statement would be that there are more who read Rand than who read "The Ayn Rand Cult." Why do you believe that those who read the Ayn Rand cult are 'haters?' Why do you assume all those who read that book are religious folks? Many millions of people read Marx as well in the great and glorious Marxist/Leninist movement (that left the world far more injured than not). The basic premise of Rand's work - that morality may be derived from reason - is incorrect.

102 posted on 09/03/2002 4:53:30 AM PDT by yendu bwam
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