Comments on: Ayn Rand: Radical For Capitalism http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/11/08/ayn-rand-radical-for-capitalism/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:04:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Favela Cranshaw http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/11/08/ayn-rand-radical-for-capitalism/#comment-44208 Favela Cranshaw Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:35:53 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/11/08/ayn-rand-radical-for-capitalism/#comment-44208 Ayn Rand was never "trying to build a movement." Nothing could be further from the truth. It is the second-handing parasites that are "the movement." Ayn Rand was never “trying to build a movement.” Nothing could be further from the truth. It is the second-handing parasites that are “the movement.”

]]> By: David M http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/11/08/ayn-rand-radical-for-capitalism/#comment-43735 David M Sun, 11 Nov 2007 20:03:48 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/11/08/ayn-rand-radical-for-capitalism/#comment-43735 Regarding Ayn Rand's antipathy toward libertarians, it is my understanding that her beef stemmed from the fact that those who labeled themselves as such were a philosophically eclectic (muddled, in her eyes) bunch. Rand took a hard line that if you didn't recognize the truth of her philosophy and subscribe to it entirely, you were part of the problem. She was extremely doctrinaire, trying to build a movement around Objectivism, concerned with setting it apart from other freedom movements and maintaining the purity of it. That feeling exists still at ARI and has found expression in the reading out of David Kelley. Regarding Ayn Rand’s antipathy toward libertarians, it is my understanding that her beef stemmed from the fact that those who labeled themselves as such were a philosophically eclectic (muddled, in her eyes) bunch. Rand took a hard line that if you didn’t recognize the truth of her philosophy and subscribe to it entirely, you were part of the problem. She was extremely doctrinaire, trying to build a movement around Objectivism, concerned with setting it apart from other freedom movements and maintaining the purity of it.

That feeling exists still at ARI and has found expression in the reading out of David Kelley.

]]> By: Doug Mataconis http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/11/08/ayn-rand-radical-for-capitalism/#comment-43713 Doug Mataconis Sun, 11 Nov 2007 13:25:51 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/11/08/ayn-rand-radical-for-capitalism/#comment-43713 As Brian discusses in the book, Rand's antipathy toward libertarians can be ascribed to a few things. First, she reacted strongly to the anarchist wing of the libertarian movement that was vocal during the 1960s as well as those libertarians who made common cause with the hippies and radicals of the 1960s --- who she saw, quite rightly, as the personifcation of nihilism. Second, a lot of the antipathy can be traced to personal conflicts with other libertarians. Nobody's saying Rand was perfect, just that her ideas are important. As Brian discusses in the book, Rand’s antipathy toward libertarians can be ascribed to a few things.

First, she reacted strongly to the anarchist wing of the libertarian movement that was vocal during the 1960s as well as those libertarians who made common cause with the hippies and radicals of the 1960s — who she saw, quite rightly, as the personifcation of nihilism.

Second, a lot of the antipathy can be traced to personal conflicts with other libertarians.

Nobody’s saying Rand was perfect, just that her ideas are important.

]]> By: suvine.com http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/11/08/ayn-rand-radical-for-capitalism/#comment-43689 suvine.com Sun, 11 Nov 2007 03:51:06 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/11/08/ayn-rand-radical-for-capitalism/#comment-43689 Ayn hates libertarians, she said so herself and wrote articles about how she is not libertarian or even backs them in any way. Very against being associated with them. Ayn hates libertarians, she said so herself and wrote articles about how she is not libertarian or even backs them in any way. Very against being associated with them.

]]> By: Favela Cranshaw http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/11/08/ayn-rand-radical-for-capitalism/#comment-43473 Favela Cranshaw Fri, 09 Nov 2007 08:41:53 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/11/08/ayn-rand-radical-for-capitalism/#comment-43473 Brian, what is your opinion of Atlas Shrugged? How old were you when you read it? Brian, what is your opinion of Atlas Shrugged? How old were you when you read it?

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