When Ayn Rand Collected Social Security and Medicare, After Years of Opposition

Re:When Ayn Rand Collected Social Security and Medicare, Aft... by stale2002 on Tuesday December 27, 2016 @02:55PM (#13265733)

If someone threatens to put you in a cage if you don't give them your money, are you a hypocrite for getting your money back from them that they took from you, at a later date?

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Re:When Ayn Rand Collected Social Security and Medicare, Aft... by woodruffw on Tuesday December 27, 2016 @03:05PM (#13265795)

That's akin to Nozick's argument, not Rand's.

If Rand wanted to prove a point, she should have sued for her money instead of collecting it in a tidy monthly check. The former would be completely frivolous, but also necessarily consistent with her ideology. As it was, collecting social security and then confabulating the reasons reeks of intellectual bankruptcy.

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Re:When Ayn Rand Collected Social Security and Medicare, Aft... by stale2002 on Tuesday December 27, 2016 @08:14PM (#13267718)

No, Rand wants everything to be determined by lawsuits. But if the law/governmemt is corrupt, there is no reason to just sit there and take it while you are being abused.

This is a fully consistent argument.

It is morally OK to steal money from thieves who took your money.

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Re:When Ayn Rand Collected Social Security and Medicare, Aft... by ajss on Tuesday December 27, 2016 @04:36PM (#13266403)

Her reasons were given a long time before she ever received social security (1974). Rand's moral system did not require her to file lawsuits that had no chance of success.

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