• sp3ctr4l
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    2 days ago

    Ayn Rand is about spending your whole life moralizing a social philosophy based on the impossibility of altruism, perfect meritocratic achievement perfectly distributing wealth, and hatred of government taxation, regulation, and social welfare programs…

    … and then dying alone, almost totally broke, living off of social security and financial charity from your former secretary.

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      I wonder if she ever realised or simply blamed everyone around herself.

      Every time I read about her dying alone and broke I smile a little.