tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post1830260878152784884..comments2023-09-25T04:26:51.568-06:00Comments on The Barefoot Bum: Why do they bother?Larry Hamelinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-15864971493622143232010-01-30T18:43:34.286-07:002010-01-30T18:43:34.286-07:00I must say, between this and your last entry on th...I must say, between this and your last entry on the book, I'm glad my high school English class had us read The Fountainhead instead of Atlas Shrugged. The former sounds like the superior novel, although perhaps that's my nostalgic, 16-year-old eye view of the book talking.<br /><br />At least Howard Roark lost his job and had to go work in a stone quarry because mainstream architecture couldn't handle his visionary genius (I think that's right). I also find it somewhat easier to believe that someone could have magical architecture abilities than magical perpetual motion machine-inventing abilities. But maybe that's just prejudice.Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-15208368466049509302010-01-30T15:39:47.744-07:002010-01-30T15:39:47.744-07:00I can't post here on your blog where you have ...<i>I can't post here on your blog where you have the declared right to unload with both barrels of your crude spew, but guests are not welcome to do likewise.</i><br /><br />Then don't. I really don't give a shit. You can always <a href="http://getyourownmotherfuckingblogasshole.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">Get Your Own Motherfucking Blog Asshole!</a>Larry Hamelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-1268723885028882672010-01-30T14:40:02.445-07:002010-01-30T14:40:02.445-07:00Rand's greatest error was in not recognizing t...Rand's greatest error was in <i>not</i> recognizing the valuable contributions workers make in the creation of wealth; without workers there would be no wealth. <br /><br />The efforts of workers who labor without a plan are probably pointless, but a plan lacking the people to implement it is even more pointless. It takes a mind <i>and</i> a body to get anything done.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09974356693812650266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-87097123056596258332010-01-30T14:31:28.381-07:002010-01-30T14:31:28.381-07:00I thought I knew where you coming from from other ...I thought I knew where you coming from from other cycles of your Rand attacks. But you've gone downhill. You are showing far less actual content in your objections, claiming it is my burden to prove your assertions wrong, and claiming Marxism is American.<br /><br />I can't post here on your blog where you have the declared right to unload with both barrels of your crude spew, but guests are not welcome to do likewise.<br /><br />My answer stands. You have been answered.John Donohuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15002005729072165615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-79245051923589592682010-01-30T13:27:41.129-07:002010-01-30T13:27:41.129-07:00Just so you know where I'm coming from, John, ...Just so you know where I'm coming from, John, and the depths of my contempt for your moral (and intellectual) character...<br /><br />Rand and her characters explicitly and intentionally work to destroy civilization and cause the deaths of millions, and she dwells in the novel itself with morbid fascination explicitly on "rightness" of the deaths of actual human beings.<br /><br />I'm attempting to discover what sort of hideous, appalling character flaw impels you and millions like you to admire Rand and wants to implement her eliminationist fantasy with the fervor and zeal that fundamentalist Christians look forward to the Apocalypse. Indeed there seem to be notable underlying psycho-social parallels between the two groups, as well as other violent eliminationist ideologies, including Nazism and Cambodian "communism".Larry Hamelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-39081845030160971332010-01-30T13:20:15.757-07:002010-01-30T13:20:15.757-07:00[Y]ou have no basis for asserting the demographics...<i>[Y]ou have no basis for asserting the demographics you tossed up; the appeal is color-blind, gender-blind and age-blind</i><br /><br />I don't precisely assert demographics; I discuss what I expect is the subjective appeal. Of course my own middle-class, white, male, American bias is definitely relevant.<br /><br />Your objection is noted and published. I'm not simply going to take your word for anything, but if you have some authoritative source for demographic popularity that contradicts or modifies my opinion, I'd definitely like to see it.<br /><br />Regarding (2) and (3): You seem to be unclear on the meaning of "reason". Of course, you're a Randian fucktard, so that's hardly surprising. I'm just as much of an American as you, and I think Rand and her followers are completely full of shit. You are free to <i>struggle</i> to create the America you desire, but you are not privileged to <i>define</i> it.Larry Hamelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-18112152260085664312010-01-30T13:07:09.189-07:002010-01-30T13:07:09.189-07:00why Ayn Rand is winning:
1) you have no basis for...why Ayn Rand is winning:<br /><br />1) you have no basis for asserting the demographics you tossed up; the appeal is color-blind, gender-blind and age-blind. Do you consider the population of India "white?" Rand is raging like wildfire in India. The bloggers are I speak with in India are equally male/female.<br /><br />2) Atlas Shrugged is the meme for freedom and the original American idea. Americans are still being born as Americans, not Marxists;<br /><br />3) She was right.<br /><br />Those are your reasons.John Donohuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15002005729072165615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-60344432958233348752010-01-30T12:17:01.496-07:002010-01-30T12:17:01.496-07:00John, if you have something substantive to contrib...John, if you have something <i>substantive</i> to contribute, feel free. Otherwise, you are free to go pound sand up your ass.Larry Hamelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-24391504366068418762010-01-30T11:56:13.760-07:002010-01-30T11:56:13.760-07:00I think the popularity is because it allows the os...I think the popularity is because it allows the ostensibly Christian dominant class to feel GOOD about being rich and oppressing everyone else. As in like they are doing something noble by doing so. <br /><br />They feel good about it under Rand because, under Rand, people are successful because they DESERVE it through hard work and the only people who are not successful are those who don't deserve it because they don't have the proper work ethic. <br /><br />People have a need to feel good about who they are. Only cartoon villains enjoy feeling bad. Real villains crush you while feeling like they are Lawful Good Paladins doing "God's Work."DBBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805375811782552873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-20710593101545319952010-01-30T11:39:51.307-07:002010-01-30T11:39:51.307-07:00Greetings once more.
Curious that you should star...Greetings once more.<br /><br />Curious that you should start all over again on Miss Rand. You've already said all this before.<br /><br />Perhaps the new stats on copies of Atlas Shrugged sold in the last year are disburbing your wa?<br /><br />John Donohue<br />Pasadena, CA<br />ObjectivistJohn Donohuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15002005729072165615noreply@blogger.com