/lit/ - Literature

The only reason there is evil in the world is because we put up with it. If we were more selective about who we love then immoral people would not be able to exploit our empathy and forgiveness

Now that the dust has settled, what do we think about her?

I’m still shocked just how influential her books were. People like Paul Ryan talked about how much her books changed his life and inspired his ideology, and the Tea Party movement and modern American libertarianism seem to have her philosophy of objectivism at their root. Ron Paul, Rand Paul, etc. Their campaigns often made references to John Galt and other things from her books.

I think one of the more interesting things is that she is one of the only serious female philosophers outside of MAYBE Hypatia, where she isn’t just a meme who is only known of because academics were desperately searching for a token women to be able to say that femoids are capable of higher level complex abstract thought and innovation too, but rather would likely be just as influential and famous irregardless of her gender.

In addition, outside of her philosophy, what do you think of how her books are written?

Why is Ayn Rand and her philosophy an object of mockery? I know nothing of her philosophy but from what I gathered it's basically "My actions are right and moral because I see so, while yours are wrong and immoral because they're not like mine"
is that her philosophy basically? If not, then what it is? And what's your general opinion of her and her philosophy.

Would you, /lit/? Would you lay her down on her stomach and do her doggystyle? Would you want to feel her flat little ass bouncing on your thighs?

What were her views on race?

>poor people bad
>rich people good
Oh my John Galt this is the greatest revelation of all time

>manages to become the first prominent woman philosopher since Hypatia
>produces a horrible philosophy that’s basically just one big rationalization for being an enormous cunt

What did she mean by this?

>"dude rich people aren't different than everybody else, they have the same rights as you!"
>proceeds to portray rich people as monolithically infallible characters

Ayn Rand was the first e girl

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_8m8cQI4DgM

>lol just use reason brrrr
What the fuck is reason anyways?

>single-handedly solved philosophy without even needing to know anything about philosophy
How are you not a Randian objectivist yet, /lit/?

Ayn Rand is basically Thrasymachus, Machiavelli and Jordan Peterson rolled together. Why does anyone take her seriously?

Who is the most boring writer of all time? And why is it Ayn Rand?

>Man is the master of everything and decides everything. That man is the master of everything means that he is the master of the world and of his own destiny; that man decides everything means that he plays the decisive role in transforming the world and in shaping his destiny.

>Man, though material in existence, is not a simple material being. He is the most developed material being, a special product of the evolution of the material world. Man was already outstanding as he emerged from the world of nature.

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No one will ever come close, everyone is either plain wrong or full of esoteric bullshit

Why is her philosophy considered sophomoric?

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