Unlike most people who have identified as libertarian, Ayn Rand was not the one who “opened my eyes” to individualism, logic, and reason etc etc. I have actually not read one book or even essay by Rand and am not that interested in doing so based on what I have read by the objectivists that carry on her legacy. Rand and her followers that came after her of course have nothing good to say about libertarians. What I have wondered for some time is what is it about Rand and her work that libertarians find so intoxicating.
I tried reading Anthem but I nearly threw it across the room after the second page. Rand is such a pretentious, mawkish writer it’s no wonder her work praises selfish narcissism. Never found her followers to be interesting people in themselves — I’m sure most of them are actually Ann Coulter fans, the kind that believe every word she says…
Unlike most people who have identified as libertarian, Ayn Rand was not the one who “opened my eyes” to individualism, logic, and reason etc etc. I have actually not read one book or even essay by Rand and am not that interested in doing so based on what I have read by the objectivists that carry on her legacy. Rand and her followers that came after her of course have nothing good to say about libertarians. What I have wondered for some time is what is it about Rand and her work that libertarians find so intoxicating.
I tried reading Anthem but I nearly threw it across the room after the second page. Rand is such a pretentious, mawkish writer it’s no wonder her work praises selfish narcissism. Never found her followers to be interesting people in themselves — I’m sure most of them are actually Ann Coulter fans, the kind that believe every word she says…