why dear god why must these memories resurface :agony-shivering:

I accept whatever punishment hex bear dot net decides for me :kitty-cri-texas:

  • PMC_DSA_Karen [any]
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    3 years ago

    Could be worse: one time I was 18 and read all of Ayn Rand's novels.

    • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      Same, but I somehow read the completely wrong message in all of them. I also somehow missed all the biographical info about Ayn Rand being a libertarian racist weirdo. I interpreted Anthem as a positive portrayal of a socialist revolution and Atlas Shrugged as a scathing critique of how stubborn capitalists are, that they'd rather shovel pig shit in the mountains than accept any amount of regulations. It took me until the Fountainhead, where the main character rapes a woman and blows up a housing project to understand this Ayn Rand person might not be normal.