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Can you comment on your thoughts about Objectivism? What is it that appeals to you about Ayn Rand?



Fundamentally, I think Objectivism is true, i.e., it is correct on all the essential points. Ayn Rand is a lot deeper than people give her credit for -- much, much deeper than the strawman "capitalism = good, socialism = bad". What sold me was her non-fiction writings on consciousness and epistemology (theory of knowledge).

Click around here if you're curious: http://aynrandlexicon.com/book/conceptual.html.




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