For people who are passionate about what seems to me to be an unrealistic view of radical individualism, she makes the strongest possible case.What she lacked was empathy and a sense that there’s a social contract.The interviewer betrays her view in the question, "Don’t Rand’s views seem incredibly naive?" Without reading the book, I think the interview is unfairly slanted against Rand and her philosophy. I'm guessing that's the point, but I don't enjoy an article that implies that "Don’t Rand’s views seem incredibly naive?" is an argument instead of simple, inflamatory propaganda.
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Sunday, November 29, 2009
Inflammatory Propaganda Against Rand
In Bloomberg article (interview) with a Rand biographer, the author says this:
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