Re:The Obscure Economist Silicon Valley Billionaires Should ...
by polotics on Saturday September 02, 2017 @07:22AM
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Rand failed by her own metrics: a little old lady requiring social help... Not a philosopher, or much of a novelist.
Rand's views on capitalism are only a small part of her philosophy and not at all the most interesting or compelling by far. By reducing objectivism to a form of capitalism, the author and most contemporary Rand proponents show they know little to nothing about objectivism and understand little to nothing of Rand's philosophy. It's sad that this aspect of her writings is so emphasized over everything else when it's the least interesting and least compelling of her writings about the human condition and the self. Most people using Rand's philosophy as a justification for their exploits of others would be considered looters by Rand, the exact opposite of what she espouses.