O Sung Wu, I think you have been mis-led.
I agree with her.
I'm OK with her views.
My comments are about the many caustic and negative, angry comments left on her site at the end of her comments.
I was neither praising nor bagging HER.
My post was only about the people who responded to her comments and how they were vial, angry, sick individuals.
I thought I was bad with some of my level of abuse on these forums, but WOW! These guys make me look absolutely angelical.
So that's what it was all about.
Not bagging her, but her detractors.

Alt Rave,

My understanding is that Ayn Rand left Russia in the twenties and died around fifty years ago.

Joe

Dear o sung wu,

You wrote;

“I don't believe there's anyone on this Forum, more astute, wise, or shrewd than Ayn RAND, whether they're Left, Right or Centre”

Probably right however I would hope we were a little less hypocritical. Rand was virulently against any form of social security or medicare but in her later years secretly applied for and got both. I say secretly because she gave her lawyer power of attorney and he arranged for both benefits without her having to sign for either so she could keep her 'integrity'.

Not my cup of tea.

Loudmouth: My understanding is that Ayn Rand left Russia in the twenties and died around fifty years ago.

I have a question. Are someone's views, that were formed 50 to 100 years ago, relevant in todays World?

I have the same doubts about "Old Philosophers Theories."

G'day there STEELEREDUX & JAYB...

Whether her or other philosophers, are relevant in our modern times 2018, one thing I know for sure - she's far smarter then I am, so as such I pay her the courtesy of taking notice of a lot of her opinions and quotations. That said do I always have to agree with her, no of course not. One of the most famous philosophers in all of mankind once said (my words) '...if someone gives you a smack in the mouth, turn the other cheek...'? Never could I do that, most men can't.

Thanks O Sung Wu for your comments- I hope we keep you healthy as long as we can.

Ayn Rand's philosophy is Objectivism. It is best summarized in her science fiction novel "Atlas Shrugged" and "Fountainhead" which was made into a movie. They are both available on the web if you look. I'd suggest reading Fountainhead first. Her works are fairly robust- it may change your view of the world.

Some of her work appears similar to Nietzsche- but Nietzsche is even harder to understand.

Her philosophy in my understanding says that- if you give stuff to those that have no chance to ever contribute to the world and in fact attack you in return as well as the rationality of the world- this is suicidal.

Ayn Rand was very influential in corporate America in the sixties- Alan Greenspan of the Federal Reserve was a follower. She also criticized capitalism at times. Some of her ideas were a function of the era.

The reason this came up is because- and I could be mistaken- Foxy appeared to send someone on a wild goose chase into socialist propaganda. I thought I'd send Foxy on a wild goose chase of my own... tongue in cheek. All is fair...
But to Foxy's credit she has read some Ayn Rand but perhaps needs to brush up on the details.