Ayn Rand in clear and conscise language.

[pepperbear]

Abject selfishness = "Individualism"
Unfettered corporatism = "Freedom"

It absolutely astounds me how little her philosophy takes into account simple human nature.

[Zalatix]

1. "Selfishness is a virtue, altruism is a vice"

[pepperbear]

3. I don't get it.

[Zalatix]

7. That's my analysis of Ayn Rand, clear and concise as I can get.

[SheilaT]

2. Many, many years ago, in 1965 to be precise, a friend was greatly taken by Ayn Rand.

She strongly recommended one of the books. I started it, probably "Atlas Shrugged" but which one simply isn't important. What I recall is that it was boring and stupid, and I was too young (just 17) to formulate a coherent argument about what was wrong with the book, but it was clear to me that there was something very, very wrong about the underlying philosophy.

[pepperbear]

4. deeply flawed

[cali]

5. you forgot "women like to be raped".

[iamthebandfanman]

6. i do agree with her on some points..

i also think libertarianism is really just anarchy..
and im pro-choice too...

other than that,
she was waaaaaaaay out there.
no morality to speak of...
probably why she hated religion so much..

[reformist2]

8. It's incredibly appealing to smart and self-centered teenagers - and stunts further development.