Snipes wrote (I'm having problems with tags):
1). What? I posted that liberals thought she was selfish, you said she was, so it would follow that you might be a liberal...
2). "he financial crisis of 2007–2010 spurred renewed interest in her works, especially Atlas Shrugged, which some saw as foreshadowing the crisis.[172] Conservative talk show hosts such as Glenn Beck,[173] Neal Boortz[174] and Rush Limbaugh[175] recommended the novel to their audiences, and opinion articles compared real-world events with the plot of the novel.[176] Signs mentioning Rand and her fictional hero John Galt appeared at Tea Party protests,[177] while the Cato Institute's Will Wilkinson quipped that "going Galt" had become the "libertarian-conservative's version of progressives threatening to move to Canada."[151] During this period there was also increased criticism of her ideas, especially from the political left, with critics blaming her support of selfishness and free markets for the economic crisis, particularly through her influence on Alan Greenspan.[178] For example, the left-leaning Mother Jones remarked that "Rand's particular genius has always been her ability to turn upside down traditional hierarchies and recast the wealthy, the talented, and the powerful as the oppressed",[151] while The Nation alleged similarities between the "moral syntax of Randianism" and fascism.[152]"
3). "Liberal Bashfest" :?
My response:
Yes, liberal bashfest. Instead of discussing the philosophy, you've tried to focus the conversation onto liberals.
You seemed to find the notion that Rand was selfish funny when it is accurate.
But thank you for posting the quotes. The generalizations of the left come across as a bit amatuerish. It would be better to name the people who actually made these assertions.
Blaming Rand for the financial crisis is kind of silly as it oversimplifies what happened, but that Mother Jones quote hits the nail on the head IMO.
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