Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them] to chapotraphouse • 2 years agoAyn Rand or Margaret Thatcher. Who is worse?imagemessage-square31 fedilinkarrow-up190file-text
arrow-up190imageAyn Rand or Margaret Thatcher. Who is worse?Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them] to chapotraphouse • 2 years agomessage-square31 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePhilosoraptor [he/him, comrade/them]hexbear3·2 years agoI'm pretty skeptical of the idea that anyone deeply influenced by Any Rand was a paragon of altruism to begin with. In my experience, people mostly just use her as a post-hoc justification for doing the shitty stuff they already wanted to do. link
minus-squarePorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them]Mhexbear3·2 years agoSeriously. When's the last time anybody ran into a well-read libertarian? link
I'm pretty skeptical of the idea that anyone deeply influenced by Any Rand was a paragon of altruism to begin with. In my experience, people mostly just use her as a post-hoc justification for doing the shitty stuff they already wanted to do.
Seriously. When's the last time anybody ran into a well-read libertarian?