Paul Ryan and Ayn Rand (Flickr)
(ed: when reading this it pays to remember that john key is an ayn rand fanboy – and his selling off of our commonly-owned assets to the elites – and especially his war-on-the-poor – are pure rand…
contrary to what many think – the hollow-man does have an ideology – and this is it..vile as it is…
it also pays to remember that many of our current tories are also rand-ites..
..this explains their constant calls to cut taxes and services..
..they also are channeling the simplistic toxic sociopathic-policies peddled by rand..)
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‘The reason I got involved in public service by and large – if I had to credit one thinker – one person – it would be Ayn Rand.”
That’s freshly minted GOP vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan talking — statements he would eventually recant — at a party celebrating what would have been the prolific author’s 100th birthday,
Rand’s books are a big driver in the long-term right-wing campaign to delude millions of people into believing that there’s no such thing as society — that everyone must look out only for themselves.
Lately Rand’s work has enjoyed a major revival of interest.
Besides Ryan – she’s inspired yoga-wear company Lululemon to publish her quotations on its products and she’s even made inroads into the North American semi-socialist enclave of Canada.
AlterNet has kept the pace with Rand’s resurgence – doing our best to educate people about what a nutcase she was and how harmful her ideas are.
These 10 articles – previously published on AlterNet – shed light on why Rand’s influence on Ryan is so dangerous.
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