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Monday, January 17th, 2011
Here's something interesting
Monday, January 17th, 2011 07:57 pm.
Q: Why don’t you approve of the Libertarians, thousands of whom are loyal readers of your works? [FHF: “The Age of Mediocrity,” 1981]
Ayn Rand: Because Libertarians are a monstrous, disgusting bunch of people: they plagiarize my ideas when that fits their purpose, and they denounce me in a more vicious manner than any communist publication, when that fits their purpose. They are lower than any pragmatists, and what they hold against Objectivism is morality. They’d like to have an amoral political program.
So the next time some libertarian asshole tries to claim Rand as an "inspiring influence" or espouses the idea of "going all Galt" on someone, you'll know exactly how full of shit they really are.
Q: Why don’t you approve of the Libertarians, thousands of whom are loyal readers of your works? [FHF: “The Age of Mediocrity,” 1981]
Ayn Rand: Because Libertarians are a monstrous, disgusting bunch of people: they plagiarize my ideas when that fits their purpose, and they denounce me in a more vicious manner than any communist publication, when that fits their purpose. They are lower than any pragmatists, and what they hold against Objectivism is morality. They’d like to have an amoral political program.
So the next time some libertarian asshole tries to claim Rand as an "inspiring influence" or espouses the idea of "going all Galt" on someone, you'll know exactly how full of shit they really are.
