I'm with Rand : Celebrity Fans of the Cult of Selfishness
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What's your opinion on it guerilla? I don't know if it's because of marketing, but I don't give a shit about celebrity endorsements..
I can see how artists would naturally gravitate to The Fountainhead in particular. Although there are a few people on that list that kind of surprised me. My favorite quote was Mark Cuban:
I just thought it was interesting some of the names on there. Particularly the women.
The Fountainhead is a very powerful book. One of those, "change and define you life" books. Highly recommended.
Mine was Eva.
Maybe for some of the others...but I read a quote from Jolie like that before all this stuff started.
Perfect I'll give it a listen, got the audiobook...fuckin love em - who knew you could be productive while driving in your car... listening to audiobooks actually cools me down because I have a wicked road rage for idiots who drive slow in the passing lane, who doesn't know what yield or merge are and don't know how to use mirrors...
Not a big secret but if you want access to hundreds of quality audiobooks pm me..
You'll really like it. It's a heck of a story.
That article is complete shite.
Look Rand isn't for everyone. It's not for people who want to be carried through life. It's not for people who think they are entitled to the fruits of someone else's labor, or that there is a positive right to things other people have to pay for.
It's not for people with low self-esteem who want to feel bad about themselves, and to feel guilty for wanting anything for their own satisfaction.
It's also not for the unproductive, the dull, lazy or criminal.
Perfect I'll give it a listen, got the audiobook...fuckin love em - who knew you could be productive while driving in your car... listening to audiobooks actually cools me down because I have a wicked road rage for idiots who drive slow in the passing lane, who doesn't know what yield or merge are and don't know how to use mirrors...
Not a big secret but if you want access to hundreds of quality audiobooks pm me..
Enjoy. Great, great book.
Yeah, I agree. The Fountainhead is the better read.
Although Atlas Shrugged is a pretty good example of what government does in a Depression, with all of the special interests climbing over each other for a piece of the loot, and big business being demonized as the little guy wanders the countryside without a home.
Although Atlas Shrugged is a pretty good example of what government does in a Depression, with all of the special interests climbing over each other for a piece of the loot, and big business being demonized as the little guy wanders the countryside without a home.
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I'm not gonna wade in here with my bit for the positives of collectivist action, cause Geurilla and I could go till the sun burns out.
I'm just going to say that a couple of those supposed endorsements sound pretty neutral to me. Like "yeah, I read the boo- hey a butterfly!"... Namely Pitt's and Lewis'
Also not too surprised that celebs are into Objectivism or Rand literature in general.
Being consistently surrounded by people who's job it is to do nothing but kiss your arse, and only give to charities because it's a social requirement for someone in the public eye, would alter your initial perceptions to a more selfishly individualistic stance if you weren't already that way, in my opinion.
I am a little surprised to see Eva Mendes on there though. I wouldn't have credited her with the intelligence to get through a book that didn't have pictures judging by some of her TV appearances.
But hey, each to their own.
There are plenty of celebs that are also into collectivist ideologies.
I'm just going to say that a couple of those supposed endorsements sound pretty neutral to me. Like "yeah, I read the boo- hey a butterfly!"... Namely Pitt's and Lewis'
Also not too surprised that celebs are into Objectivism or Rand literature in general.
Being consistently surrounded by people who's job it is to do nothing but kiss your arse, and only give to charities because it's a social requirement for someone in the public eye, would alter your initial perceptions to a more selfishly individualistic stance if you weren't already that way, in my opinion.
I am a little surprised to see Eva Mendes on there though. I wouldn't have credited her with the intelligence to get through a book that didn't have pictures judging by some of her TV appearances.
But hey, each to their own.
There are plenty of celebs that are also into collectivist ideologies.
Ayn Rand is a second rate hack compared to real philosophers like Nietzsche and Aristotle. Celebs could try to read them but they would be lost after the first paragraph...
And they're all just armchair bullshitters. "Yea, I believe in her philosophy so much that I will do nothing in my life to demonstrate that expect read her books and talk."
I wish evidence would surface that Rand was secretly a pedophile or a murderer. That would be amusing.
And they're all just armchair bullshitters. "Yea, I believe in her philosophy so much that I will do nothing in my life to demonstrate that expect read her books and talk."
I wish evidence would surface that Rand was secretly a pedophile or a murderer. That would be amusing.
