Opinion of Ayn Rand

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As TheAmazingAtheist once termed her in one of his books; "The Biggest **** in the Universe."

aren't their views quite similar?

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options 1 and 2.   she made a legitimate critique of collectivism, but what she wanted to replace it with is awful in significant ways.

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The first half of that quote seems to be some sort of severely ahistorical satire on Genealogy of Morals.

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The first half of that quote seems to be some sort of severely ahistorical satire on Genealogy of Morals.

It serves the analogy, at least. I felt it would rob the latter half of context if I omitted it. The entire series of articles is worth a read, though, if you find yourself with an hour of two free for Rand-bashing.

Ah, I see.  I guess it does show what Rand what reacting to.

I saw a good panel discussion on Ayn Rand at Freedom Fest aired on C-SPAN a couple years ago.
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/RandD
I agree very much with Whole Foods founder John Mackey's comments (7 minutes in).  Orson Scott Card has some interesting things to say as well.