Preach it, brother!

[thewayne]

There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs. --John Rogers, Kung Fu Monkey

I tried reading The Fountainhead once as I could find it as a free ebook. Rand was just a horrible author, it was unreadable for me. I've read reviews of her political philosophy by professional political scientists and philosophers, and they say it's unbelievably puerile and poorly conceived. Yet it is the gospel for the Teabaggers.

I have a file of phrases on my iPhone in the Notes app, this one has been there for a few years now.

Comments

[cp.livejournal.com]

And most Teabagger devotees of Rand's philosophy have no idea that she was fervently anti-religious. I suspect they're a bit conflicted when they find out!

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

Very true, I think it was part of her Russian upbringing.