Cracked.com brings up hypocrisy in Atlas
Posted by Rozar 11 years, 2 months ago to Entertainment
Point #2 is about how many supposed followers of Rand don't fully agree with her. It's not really hypocrisy because none of them are objectivist, they just support different parts of the philosophy. But it does highlight the problem that people who support objectivism in one form out another are doing a terrible job of selling it.
One turn-off for me with Objectivism, I think it was in the Donahue interviews, Rand stated that very few people are deserving of love. I found that to be outrageous and frankly arrogant. In fact, when the society is freer, one sees everyday heroes all around them. a small example: somebody posted about this documentary in the Gulch recently, I just can't remember who-(if you read this, give yourself credit. lol) Anyway, these people creating these amazing telescopes and studying the stars. just wow. anyway, here is a link to that documentary-a real treat to watch!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKDjSCx-8...
Hahahah!
You mean "negative example."
That's right: Worried that your students are growing up believing the government has the right to coerce them into doing things? Why, better have the government coerce them into reading a book against government coercion! That'll do the trick!"
... though schools do assign Anthem, along with Call of the Wild, Lord of the Flies, etc.