Meeting Ayn Rand on the Las Vegas Strip

fourspace wrote: post #5

Regardless of your views on Ayn Rand, this journalist goes to a week long conference and writes about two talks? Click bait. Pass.

Umm. He's not a journalist. He's an academic. And he's hardly obliged to do blow-by-blow reportage of an entire event.

Re: Meeting Ayn Rand on the Las Vegas Strip

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Post by techpeace » Thu, Dec 18, 2014, 5:46 PM UTC

techpeace wrote: post #3

http://wonkette.com/561974/john-oliver-presents-the-philosop...

Don't forget to downvote both comments, Randians!

Re: Meeting Ayn Rand on the Las Vegas Strip

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Post by andrewvc » Thu, Dec 18, 2014, 5:59 PM UTC

In this thread: Randians downvoting all dissenting views so as not to disturb their carefully constructed echo chambers. Hi guys!

Re: Meeting Ayn Rand on the Las Vegas Strip

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Post by PhasmaFelis » Thu, Dec 18, 2014, 6:00 PM UTC

> “There is nobody out there who can talk about self-esteem, about individualism, and about capitalism with the moral certainty and the moral fervor we can,” Brook declared.

It is so telling that this guy thinks moral certainty and "fervor" are a good thing. A person who is 100% certain and unquestioning in his beliefs is a person who cannot be reasoned with. This avowed rationalist speaks with the language of religious fundamentalistism.

Re: Meeting Ayn Rand on the Las Vegas Strip

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Post by phelmig » Thu, Dec 18, 2014, 6:04 PM UTC

I liked Atlas Shrugged when I read it. But I think if Dagny Taggart would see today's world she wouldn't be too happy as well. While capitalism won over communism the corruption of governments didn't die out it just became more clever.

I sometimes toy with the thought of writing a second ending to be Atlas Shrugged where old Dagny looks at our world and can't grasp what is wrong with it.