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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 10:41 AM Original message |
Like Glenn Beck, Ayn Rand Peddled Garbage As Truth -- Why Did America Buy It? |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
1. Why did Americans buy it? It appeals to their greed, personal |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 10:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Precisely. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:00 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. The spoiled brat syndrome. |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:13 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. It is the only material being sold. The GOP are so organized they |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:36 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Yes, there's all the books on the banned book list. |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:45 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Love to point out to GOPer |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
35. Their hard line attitude toward the lessor among us is |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. It's the bible of egotism. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
3. Because it empowered wankers to become full-fledged assholes. |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
4. Did? Still does |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
6. If You Wrote A Book Saying That Eating Ice Cream and Candy Every Day Was Good For You |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
9. There is some condition that has been studied that says if someone believes something that is false |
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Kievan Rus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
10. Schools don't teach critical thinking skills anymore -- not saying they ever really did, though |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. And to think our schools were once the finest in the world, and not so long ago either. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
11. Sociopaths get excellent marketing in this country. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
13. Ayn Rand wrote novels... |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. You enjoyed reading through Rand's 1000 page nonsensical rants? |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 02:43 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Novels are art... art is subjective... yes, I enjoyed her work... |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
14. People are primarily rational creatures. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:34 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. I'd say people are emotional creatures with a thin veneer of ration. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 02:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. Think the way the brain is loaded: |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 03:02 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. Sorry. Meant to be a joke. |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 02:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. Yeah, I'd say you got that backwards. |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 03:04 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Yes, sorry. Meant it to be a deadpan joke. |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Hah, Sorry, didn't catch that. /nt |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
15. There was more to Ayn Rand than her novels.....Objectivism |
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ThomThom (752 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
16. most of America has no idea who Ayn Rand is |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
17. Chairman Mao's little red book(Communist philosophy) has sold |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
19. "Her philosophy is....stillborn." - William F Buckley |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
21. The rapes. n/t |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
23. Why ? Because it suited the ruling class. |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
24. Why do people buy romance novels? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
27. This article should be essential reading for anyone wanting to understand Rand |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
29. Excellent piece. My answer? |
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Spike89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
34. America didn't buy it, Rand or Beck |
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