Comments on: Ayn Rand on the Rise http://www.cosmopolitanconservative.com/2009/11/03/ayn-rand-on-the-rise/ Conservativism Never Goes Out of Style Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:05:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: adrienne http://www.cosmopolitanconservative.com/2009/11/03/ayn-rand-on-the-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-198 adrienne Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:47:59 +0000 http://www.cosmopolitanconservative.com/?p=1202#comment-198 Good one, David. :) Good one, David. :)

]]> By: David Morton http://www.cosmopolitanconservative.com/2009/11/03/ayn-rand-on-the-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-193 David Morton Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:52:10 +0000 http://www.cosmopolitanconservative.com/?p=1202#comment-193 I'm a fan of both books. And I thought up a good bumper sticker for you: Social Conservatism—Legislating morality since 1980. LOL. I’m a fan of both books.

And I thought up a good bumper sticker for you:

Social Conservatism—Legislating morality since 1980.

LOL.

]]> By: smijer http://www.cosmopolitanconservative.com/2009/11/03/ayn-rand-on-the-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-181 smijer Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:35:43 +0000 http://www.cosmopolitanconservative.com/?p=1202#comment-181 I never read Atlas either... The premise is pretty clear from internet chatter... captains of industry and finance are the "Atlas" who carries the world on their shoulders... and if they take their marbles and go home everybody is screwed. I enjoyed the Fountainhead a lot - and I'm guessing it's a lot more down-to-earth... The protagonist there is primarily an artisan, who - by virtue of becoming self-employed - leverages his own work for great profit. And he isn't afraid of physical labor, either. So, he's a lot more sympathetic from my point-of-view. He still seems to have Rand's anarchist/anti-social streak, entertaining the fantasy that everything he has produced he has done entirely by himself, and owes no one any part of it, but even that was endearing to me in my early twenties... I kind of had grandiose notions of myself back then, too. In any case, Rand was certainly ahead of her time, and a helluva writer. She gets a lot of grief nowadays - only a small part of it because her social philosophy was a touch facile and unreflective. Mostly, I think it's because certain libertarian types have taken her work and tried to make a model economic system out of it. In any case... she's a fine writer... One day, I plan to give Atlas a spin... Let us know what you think of it if you do. I never read Atlas either… The premise is pretty clear from internet chatter… captains of industry and finance are the “Atlas” who carries the world on their shoulders… and if they take their marbles and go home everybody is screwed. I enjoyed the Fountainhead a lot – and I’m guessing it’s a lot more down-to-earth… The protagonist there is primarily an artisan, who – by virtue of becoming self-employed – leverages his own work for great profit. And he isn’t afraid of physical labor, either. So, he’s a lot more sympathetic from my point-of-view. He still seems to have Rand’s anarchist/anti-social streak, entertaining the fantasy that everything he has produced he has done entirely by himself, and owes no one any part of it, but even that was endearing to me in my early twenties… I kind of had grandiose notions of myself back then, too. In any case, Rand was certainly ahead of her time, and a helluva writer. She gets a lot of grief nowadays – only a small part of it because her social philosophy was a touch facile and unreflective. Mostly, I think it’s because certain libertarian types have taken her work and tried to make a model economic system out of it.

In any case… she’s a fine writer… One day, I plan to give Atlas a spin… Let us know what you think of it if you do.

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