Ayn Rand
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You’re Not the Boss of Me! Why Libertarianism Is a Childish Sham | Alternet
Wiping away the horizon of significance one tantrum at a time… Libertarians believe they are real rebels, because they’ve politicized the protest of children who scream through tears, “You’re not the boss of me.” The rejection of all rules and… Continue reading
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Ayn Rand – Funny Lady
John Hodgman over at the New Yorker has a grand old time sending up that dreadful pseudo-philosopher Ayn Rand. Sit back and enjoy how much you will laugh out loud… My moral philosophy is founded on the idea that there… Continue reading
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The Antidote to Ayn Rand < Truthout.org
The last word of Ayn Rand’s dystopian novella Anthem is “EGO.” Grasping the significance of this forbidden word is a kind of divine revelation for the novel’s protagonist, signaling his emancipation from the benighted, collectivist society into which he was… Continue reading
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The Ridiculous Rise of Ayn Rand – The Conversation – The Chronicle of Higher Education
Continuing the non-discussion about Ayn Rand and her unfortunate influence: Right-wing think tanks can have Rand (even if she had little use for them). In the academy, she is a nonperson. Her theories are works of fiction. Her works of… Continue reading
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Garbage and Gravitas Continued
I would like to thank my good brother & cherished cousin Carl Beck Sachs for this longer quote from Adorno which really nicely situates the article on Ayn Rand that I posted a while ago. I think it really speaks… Continue reading
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A Public Soul in Stasis: Ayn Rand vs. the Pope – Salon.com
The Greek word for “civil war” is stasis. While that might seem strange to them modern ear, it actually makes sense. Stasis is achieved when two or more great forces bring a thing/process to a halt. Much of our public… Continue reading
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The issues with Ayn Rand…
Yesterday, I posted a lecture by David Harvey on Karl Marx Das Kapital. I did this because the majority of people have not even read Marx’s main work and do not really get what he is talking about. On the… Continue reading
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