[ExI] General comment about all this quasi-libertarianism discussion

Samantha Atkins sjatkins at mac.com
Mon Feb 28 19:29:02 UTC 2011


On 02/27/2011 08:56 AM, Damien Broderick wrote:
>
>
>> ...you cite a horribly bad novel, filled to the brim with naked 
>> propaganda,
>> written by an egomaniacal, hypocritical cult leader
>
> A lot of extropes are very fond of Rand (while usually avoiding 
> Randroid lockstep), so I don't anticipate many nodding heads at this 
> accurate thumbnail characterization, or at Damien Sullivan's link to a 
> flowchart of "How to succeed as an Ayn Rand character":

Accurate?  I am sorry but that is such a livid utter miss on both the 
work and the author that I am left stunned by the amount of evil 
misplaced rancour involved.  I don't think I want to know or communicate 
with anyone that would say this is accurate.

- samantha




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