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Philosophy

Miguelito Loveless

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2. Ayn Rand wrote the most

Reply to Beringia (Original post)

Mon Oct 19, 2020, 12:18 PM

Oct 2020

boring prose, with almost a total lack of critical thinking. The only reason her narrative "works" is because the fictional characters she creates are projections of her own defective thinking.

If you would like the best deconstruction of Atlas Shrugged ever, you can find it here:

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/daylightatheism/2013/03/atlas-shrugged-a-novel-for-the-1/

It is BRUTAL.

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