OK. I plugged this article because I find Ayn Rand’s philosophy fascinating. But this comment had me on the floor laughing.
Anytime somebody admits to liking Rand, the following quote must be brought up:
There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.
It is truly terrifying the percentage of powerful right wing Republicans, people who have real power to shape the future of this country, think of Rand as a legit philosopher who had good ideas about how to structure society.
By some user called Eric