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Some people worship Ayn Rand, while others are totally against her books/philosophy. What should I know about her books before starting them?

>> No.15050034

She's a russian jew.

>> No.15050056

Most major technological innovations have been because of funding by the government, military industrial complex, and not-for-profit collectives. Most successful business people do not innovate, they steal ideas and use copyright law to manifest a monopoly on it.

>> No.15050065

>>15050010
Sometimes it's better to not read.

>> No.15050070

You should ignore her. Don't hate her, don't worship her, don't have an opinion at all. This is the only winning move.

>> No.15050088

>>15050056
i saw a meme saying that she lived her last years off government welfare
is that true?

>> No.15050095

i'm old enough to remember when ayn rand discussion was banned on /lit/

>> No.15050105

the funny thing is that most people who were spamming her before probably hate her now because she's a jew

>> No.15050122

She is only loved by people who fantasize about becoming billionaires. She wrote the equivalent of softcore erotic novels but for people aroused by money instead of sex.

>> No.15050292 [DELETED] 

Here's what you need to know about her: she was motivated by an intense hatred of religion. She looked at anything that any religion classifies as a virtue and deemed it to be disgusting. In her twisted world, charity, compassion and justice is evil. Greed, gluttony, envy and selfishness are virtues. No wonder why wannabe millionaires worship her.

>> No.15050343

>>15050088
It was actually true

>> No.15050396

>>15050088
>>15050343
I fail to see how that devalues her ideas. Its like when people keep saying that Linkola was a hypocrite for living to the age of 87.

>> No.15050425

>>15050065
>>15050070
>>15050095
basically outright fingers-in-ears rejection

>>15050105
>>15050122
or undermining speculation


hmmm I don't give a fuck about her, but you are tone-deaf if you think this is the right approach

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15050491

Why does she look like Timmy from WKUK?

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>>15050491
lol

>> No.15050692

>>15050034
thanks mr obvious

>> No.15050978

>>15050010
i read her as a teenager.

she gave me the unshakeable belief we are all selfish ... not good (reason people revile her).

finally i've come to christ and found it compatible with notion we're all selfish

the trouble was she being a materialist cunt (reason people worship her)

>> No.15051505

>>15050425
the libertarian to alt-right pipeline is legit though

>> No.15051532

Skip the fiction, read "the anti-industrial revolution" her critiques are good and proved to be accurate

>> No.15051549

>>15050010
watch The Fountainhead (1945)

>> No.15051688

>>15050010
she's jewish, pro-Israel and anti-Palestine, she's racist, hates Native Americans, believes in objectivism. The only good thing she has ever done is to hold the needs and desires of the individual over anything else, but even this belief she never went to the logical ends with, seeing how she was a pro-jew propagandist and a sucker for the state. Read Max Stirner if you give a shit about egoism, Ayn Rand is just stupid.

>> No.15051696

>>15051688
>she's jewish
>she's racist
you really citing both of these as negatives?