You all have so very many opinions about Ayn Rand

[Fifthfiend]

Originally Posted by Invisible Queen

I'm tempted to recreate my legendary 666:th tweet, in which Ayn Rand and Margaret Thatcher have sex.

Which brings me to a question: If Ayn Rand hadn't been a woman, about whom lesbian sex fantasieshorrible nightmares could be had, would anyone have paid attention to her dumbass imaginary ideology?

It just occurred to me that as hot as Rand/Thatcher would be, Rand/Schlessinger would be a million times hotter (and/or more hilarious).

[Lumenskir]

I dunno about Campbell being the next Cooper. One was pushing to target black demographics in ads, one thinks that giving them rights leads to Communism. I think Campbell is being set up as the next Sterling.

Although his dedication to his anti-shoes/pro-socks principles is sort of Objectively noble, I think. I'm pretty sure Roark eschewed footwear or social norms or somesuch. Although it might have just been eschewing consent.

[synkr0nized]

I guess someone likes Ayn Rand.

[Fifthfiend]

*Drives to Canada*

*turns on GPS*

"DON'T"

[Viridis]

Write "EVER" across Mexico, just to be safe.

[Fifthfiend]

Originally Posted by Lumenskir

I dunno about Campbell being the next Cooper. One was pushing to target black demographics in ads, one thinks that giving them rights leads to Communism. I think Campbell is being set up as the next Sterling.

Nah [MAD MEN SPOILERS] Pete could never be Sterling because the core of Sterling is his "put 'er there pal buddy chum dude let's shoot the shit / drink heavily / slap each other on the back / ride girls our daughters' ages around like horses" bit that Pete could never pull off because he's too innately offputting. Cosgrove is the seed that grows into the Roger Sterlings of the future, whereas Pete clearly becomes the weird motherfucker with the inexplicable rule about shoes and the old-timey japanese octopus rape painting who always gets stuck with second billing but he's the guy who calls you into his office and tells you How Shit's Gonna Be because he knows all the moves in the game. Bear in mind they're both the ones who come from Old Money but never got it handed to them the way they thought they deserved, or at least that's my conjecture re: Cooper on the basis of how his sister's got a stake in the company, you just know there's some story waaaaaaay back where he had to swallow his pride and ask Sis to front him the money to keep his company afloat because he didn't have shit.

Bert Cooper was totally the same kind of guy Pete Campbell is who just gets told over and over again to go suck eggs because it's fucking Pete Campbell, of course that's what you tell him, but like Pete's doing now he swallowed his pride and clamped down and clawed his way up the ladder no matter how many times people (justifiably) tried to kick him down. He's high up enough that he can indulge in a little light racism but if he were young and getting told to fuck himself on a regular basis he'd be going after any untapped market he could find, same as Campbell now.

[Viridis]

http://worldsbiggestwriting.com/

TOP 10 REASONS TO READ AYN RAND
4. Reading pleasure. Her novels feature creative, page-turning stories with unforgettable characters.
5. Solutions. She explains with refreshing honesty and clarity which basic ideas America must adopt and which it must reject if it is to remain a great nation.
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8. Truth. Her ideas in essence are true.

BWAHAHAHA

10. Influential. Atlas Shrugged is the "second most influential book for Americans today" after the Bible, according to a joint survey conducted by the Library of Congress and the Book of the Month Club.

[Green Spanner]

Originally Posted by Viridis

http://worldsbiggestwriting.com/

What.

[Magus]

I'm not sure if this is covered but who did the heavy digging labor and throwing horse manure on the tomatoes in the Objectivist compound's garden in the novel? The least superior person or something?

EDIT: So the Nazca painstakingly, physically laid out rocks over dozens of miles to make pictures of their holy animals that could only be seen by the Gods (from the sky), and some Objectivist douchebag takes a roadtrip and does it digitally and he is totally the coolest guy ever and has the world's biggest writing?

[POS Industries]

Originally Posted by Magus

I'm not sure if this is covered but who did the heavy digging labor and throwing horse manure on the tomatoes in the Objectivist compound's garden in the novel? The least superior person or something?

Well, since you brought it up...