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Shoush (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:30 PM Original message |
Ayn Rand - Liberty vs Socialism |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. that was a philosophical observation |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I think she was blinded by her own life experiences growing up during the Russian Revolution |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 02:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. That's why the only children in her awful novels are off in the far distance |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:30 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. I guess you diagnosed that yourself |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 11:26 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. People who are unable to let go of the juvenile claptrap |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. adolescent, juvenile |
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LongTomH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 11:56 AM Response to Reply #12 |
37. Libertarians, as a rule, don't have kids! |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 11:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
39. "We the grownups? lol |
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dchill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. "These days?" |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 02:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. so two works of fiction and a one-off huffpost are your basis? |
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dchill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 02:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Yeah, that's it - my complete basis for my distaste. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 08:59 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. sounds like you want a fight |
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chillspike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 06:23 PM Response to Reply #16 |
31. I have read everything by Ayn Rand |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 02:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. great link |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 02:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Excellent observation, Sui Generis *smile* n/t |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 10:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
19. Her economic and social theories as expressed in the video |
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Cary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. She conflated capitalism with freedom |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:52 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. see that was civil |
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Cary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 01:12 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I assume she was noble but the road to hell and all that. . . |
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dchill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. Wow. I can see why Alan Greenspan... |
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davidwparker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
4. What a piece of work. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
6. Objectivism isn't liberty, it's another form of slavery |
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dchill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 02:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I agree with your statement, but I thought... |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 02:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. It's not even that. It was simply BS |
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heliarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 12:49 AM Response to Reply #6 |
35. A = A |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
10. May she rot in Hell! |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
14. Corrupt communism or socialism... |
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teknomanzer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 10:52 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Certainly... |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 03:58 AM Response to Reply #18 |
38. Because recognizing that neither capitalism nor socialism are singular things... |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
21. Ayn Rand's books went around my barracks in 1967, and lots of thoughtful guys |
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Raoul (666 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 03:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. I went through that phase myself |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Teenage daughters of Liberals notoriously read Rand |
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breadandwine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
26. Ayn Rand was a great thinker who fought valiantly for a proper world |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 03:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Yes! Funny how no one mentions her serial killer fetish |
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Cowpunk (572 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 10:07 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Yeesh! What was that line from "Last of the Mohicans"? |
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Cowpunk (572 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 10:10 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. BTW where's your sarcasm smilie? |
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chillspike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
30. "Jimmy are you sharing a cookie?" |
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heliarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
34. She makes me sick. |
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chillspike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
36. Objectivist Children's Sleepover |
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