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Ayn Rand
n. A horrible writer and a joke of a human being. An unwilling poltical tool and perennial favorite of the marginally intelligent.
Clarence Thomas considered the film-adaptation of Ayn Rand's "The Fountainhead" required viewing for his staffers. If that isn't proof positive, then you're a lost cause.
Ayn Rand by theblakelvis October 24, 2009
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Ayn Rand
No body likes me. Perhaps I should be like Ayn Rand and hate everyone other than myself, including those I agree with entirely, such as the Libertarian Party.
Ayn Rand by CapitolisPig July 19, 2005
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"The necessary consequence of man's right to life is his right to self-defense. In a civilized society, force may be used only in retaliation and only against those who initiate its use. _All the reasons which make the initiation of force an evil_, make the retaliatory use of physical force a moral imperative."---Ayn Rand, Virtue of Selfishness (emphasis mine)
"Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism"---Ayn Rand, Virtue of Selfishness
"Any white person who brought the element of civilization had the right to take over this continent"---Ayn Rand, 1974 West Point lecture
"Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism"---Ayn Rand, Virtue of Selfishness
"Any white person who brought the element of civilization had the right to take over this continent"---Ayn Rand, 1974 West Point lecture
Ayn Rand effect
What happens when a person first rejects altruist, collectivist, and mystical morality for a rationally self-interested one. It generally lasts a short time, but can have long term negative consequences for the self-interested individual. Until the individual sorts out his new values and long term goals, they walk around insulting altruists and people that value/love them; being worried that they have been taken advantage of by those they previously valued.
Ayn Rand effect:
Son: I've been reading Ayn Rand, and her book has lead me to question all my relationships. She says that collectivism is a sin and thus just because I belong to a race, family, nation or other group, it doesn't mean that it's in my self-interest to believe as they do. I need to have my own objective reasoning.
Father: So your rejecting your religion, family and everything I ever taught you because of a book?
Son: Well, I just don't think it's a justification for a morality anymore.
Father: I'm writing you out of my will. How's that for being rationally self-interested?
Son: I've been reading Ayn Rand, and her book has lead me to question all my relationships. She says that collectivism is a sin and thus just because I belong to a race, family, nation or other group, it doesn't mean that it's in my self-interest to believe as they do. I need to have my own objective reasoning.
Father: So your rejecting your religion, family and everything I ever taught you because of a book?
Son: Well, I just don't think it's a justification for a morality anymore.
Father: I'm writing you out of my will. How's that for being rationally self-interested?
Ayn Rand effect by Guidewog September 11, 2011
Ayn Rand Syndrome
1)The tendency of writers to pen down in 20 lines what can be essentially said in a few lines. Done deliberately to confound and confuse the reader.
2) The tendency of authors to think that the intelligence of an article is directly proportional to number of lines written.
In honor of Ayn Rand, whose novels often run into pages and pages and who takes 10 pages to explain what could be explained in a few lines more effectively.
2) The tendency of authors to think that the intelligence of an article is directly proportional to number of lines written.
In honor of Ayn Rand, whose novels often run into pages and pages and who takes 10 pages to explain what could be explained in a few lines more effectively.
Dude #1: My ex girlriend suffered from an Ayn Rand Syndrome
Dude #2: Yeah
Dude #1: She wrote a 5 page letter to me, just to say she was leaving.
Dude #2: Yeah
Dude #1: She wrote a 5 page letter to me, just to say she was leaving.
Ayn Rand Syndrome by scorpiusmaximusindicus March 4, 2009
Ayn Rand effect
Treating your friends, family, and co-workers like a self-important prick for a short period of time following the completion of any work written by the philosopher and author Ayn Rand. The strength and duration of the effect is directly proportional to the length of the work read.
Co-worker #1: Hey, what's with Steve? I asked him to sponsor me in the Cancer walk this weekend and he told me I was evil.
Co-worker #2: Oh, it must be the Ayn Rand effect. I saw him reading 'The Fountainhead' in the break room.
Co-worker #2: Oh, it must be the Ayn Rand effect. I saw him reading 'The Fountainhead' in the break room.
Ayn Rand effect by Joe Everyman April 20, 2007