It seems like I have been seeing her name more often lately. I can't really fathom why she and her objectivist ideology are this popular. Any Randians willing to explain?
Nah. Anti-government sentiment probably has more to do with it than Bioshock. I agree with Chessmaster and Francis on the matter. I swear, the more works I find that espouse Objectivism, the more I hate the philosophy.
Well, among gamers, Bioshock probably helped raise awareness of he objectivist philosophy, which she depicted in her novel Atlas Shrugged. However, the difference is that in Atlas Shrugged, the elite society flourished while the world around it crumpled without its greatest minds, whereas in Bioshock, it's just the opposite.
To those who said they "hate" her philosophy, why? What makes it worse then any other philosophy faulting out there? Which philosophical ideology do you feel trumps her's? Im not challenging you or anything, Im just curious of why you think its bad?
To those who said they "hate" her philosophy, why? What makes it worse then any other philosophy faulting out there? Which philosophical ideology do you feel trumps her's? Im not challenging you or anything, Im just curious of why you think its bad?Diablo-B
Because it has promoted the despicable lie that the poor deserve their lot because they're a bunch of lazy moochers, when the reality is that a lot of the homeless are mentally disabled, physically disabled, children, elderly, or are unemployable due to problems with criminal records, mental illness, or the fact that many employers require prospective employees to have an address with the homeless, ipso facto, do not have. Also, it turns out that the people who promote the ideology don't really give me a good impression - Terry Goodkind with his "evil pacifists" and morally questionable protagonist; Ditko's "Mr. A," whose main superpower seems to be lecturing people to death; "The Girl Who Owned a City," in which someone who scavenges goods lectures people on rightful ownership; and Jay Naylor's webcomics, which endear me more to his designated strawman than to his protagonists.
Ayn Rand was an unhinged narcissist whose ideal society was a social-darwinistic dystopia in which no one helps anyone and the poor are left to rot. Her crappy books and incoherent philosophy have spread to many of the world's richest a kind of hideous corporate pseudo-Nietzscheanism in which the real heroes are greedy, selfish fatcats.
Ayn Rand was an unhinged narcissist whose ideal society was a social-darwinistic dystopia in which no one helps anyone and the poor are left to rot. Her crappy books and incoherent philosophy have spread to many of the world's richest a kind of hideous corporate pseudo-Nietzscheanism in which the real heroes are greedy, selfish fatcats.
I'm not a fan.
In most literature courses, students are tasked with pointing out both the advantages and disadvantages to the objectivist society depicted in Atlas Shrugged.
Ayn Rand was an unhinged narcissist whose ideal society was a social-darwinistic dystopia in which no one helps anyone and the poor are left to rot. Her crappy books and incoherent philosophy have spread to many of the world's richest a kind of hideous corporate pseudo-Nietzscheanism in which the real heroes are greedy, selfish fatcats.
I'm not a fan.
In most literature courses, students are tasked with pointing out both the advantages and disadvantages to the objectivist society depicted in Atlas Shrugged.Gosh. Those poor students.
Ayn Rand was an unhinged narcissist whose ideal society was a social-darwinistic dystopia in which no one helps anyone and the poor are left to rot. Her crappy books and incoherent philosophy have spread to many of the world's richest a kind of hideous corporate pseudo-Nietzscheanism in which the real heroes are greedy, selfish fatcats.
I'm not a fan.
In most literature courses, students are tasked with pointing out both the advantages and disadvantages to the objectivist society depicted in Atlas Shrugged.Gosh. Those poor students. I don't see the problem there. If you disagree with her philosophy, then that's what you touch on in your thesis.
[QUOTE="HAHAITHINKNOT"][QUOTE="UT_Wrestler"] In most literature courses, students are tasked with pointing out both the advantages and disadvantages to the objectivist society depicted in Atlas Shrugged.UT_Wrestler
Gosh. Those poor students. I don't see the problem there. If you disagree with her philosophy, then that's what you touch on in your thesis.I'd find it far more interesting to write a thesis on a philosophy that actually had some merit.
My aunt had been trying to get me to read Atlas Shrugged for years. I finally did it and it was a horrible book. Really cool concept, but she's an awful writer.
I really don't like Ayn Rand. Her books are long and poorly written excuses for her to preach her philosophies. I have read Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, and Anthem, and I disliked all three. The stories are just dull. None of the characters are very interesting, and some of the monologues are painful to read. There are tons of better writers than her who don't cram their political, and philosophical views down your throat.
Am I wrong to suggest that many atheists are tempted to believe in Ayn Rand's philosophy then? They value 'reason', right?
SkyWard20
Doubtful. Ayn Ran herself was an atheist, and her philosophy is explicitly anti-Christian, but I find it highly unlikely that any of that draws in atheists on account of "reason." Almost everyone tries to put themselves on the pedestal of "reason." That Ayn Rand tried to do it is nothing special.
Probably teenagers finding out she exists, due in large to the internet. Personally, I am really not a fan. Her vehement hostility towards even voluntary charity and religion (not even the argued affects of religion so much as the mere belief is what she particularly didn't like) didn't help with that. As an above poster said, I found very interesting how she self declared her opinion as the epitome of reason. That libertarians often put her on the pedestal that they do disappoints me.
well... for a person who is supposed to be the champion of free-thought and laizze-faire intellectual freedom, she certainly didn't allow a lot of it around her.
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