Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum, pen name Ayn Rand, was a Russian born American author. She's been quite influential in the american lolbertarian movement and is kind of a Patron Saint for many rightoids. And is not only limited to the US, I've seen many Ayn Rand books in sale in Brazilian Bookstores, they have translations of all of her works from Atlas Shrugged to her essays like “The Virtue of Selfishness”.
Rand was never considered a good writer, dramacels, what do you guys think of this lady?
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I read Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged when I was 17 and it was a big moment for me. I never went hardcore libertarian but just the idea of someone saying industrious/strong/smart males should be respected and held to esteem had a big effect on me. My teacher in my Canadian school was making us watch fricking Michael Moore movies to educate us on how we should all feel guilty 24/7 at the time. And he was this failed fat ex IBM middle manager who washed up teaching school.
It really opened my eyes that there was in fact a divide socially/politically on having your shit together and being capable. Rather than obsessing about being weak and using bureaucracy to silence and control others.
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