• count_dongulus@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    Ayn Rand collected social security checks after retirement until her death.

    That should tell you all you need to know about Ayn Rand.

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    21 days ago

    Ask not what your country company can do for you, but what you can do for your country company /s

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    21 days ago

    Perhaps the only thing she ever contributed of value to literature was Anthem, which is the archetype for the young adult post-apocalyptic fantasy novel. However, the prose is so strained; every pronoun in “we” or “us” and nobody has names so she names a woman with blonde hair “The Golden One” like she’s some kind of “chosen one” prophet.

    Still, I think it would make an excellent basis for other stories if you just let the MC go back to collectivist town and blast the council away with some gun he found in the ruins or something

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      21 days ago

      Any Rand using pronouns? No. Bullshit. No way. Not possible. Trans and woke hadn’t even been invented yet. Enough of your gay commie propaganda

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    20 days ago

    I mean, I hate plenty of poor people for being terrible terrible people, and I kinda of hate the poor in general for being glazers for the rich and powerful and, upholding a system that keeps them down and voting against their best interests time and time again.