Ayn Rand Institute Questions Whether Obama Has Read Ayn Rand

Posted by danieltrichards 12 years ago to Philosophy

After President Barack Obama said in an interview with Rolling Stone that Ayn Rand's books are largely for teenagers who are "feeling misunderstood," the Ayn Rand Institute is questioning whether the president has done his reading.

SOURCE URL: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/26/ayn-rand-institute-obama_n_2024497.html?utm_hp_ref=elections-2012

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Posted by perry_taylor-1949 12 years ago

I believe he read it, just look at so many of his policies, the looters would be proud to call him one of their own.

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Posted by dooley 12 years ago

Put it on a teleprompter.

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Posted by overmanwarrior 12 years ago

I like the reply by the Institute. It's nice to see them reacting with some force.

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  Posted by jmlesniewski 12 years ago
  
  Don's doing what he can.
  
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Posted by Solver 12 years ago

Without people like Obama, it is doubtful that the great pyramids of Egypt would have ever been built.

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  Posted by LetsShrug 12 years ago
  
  How's that?
  
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    Posted by Solver 12 years ago
    
    Ask, were these great pyramids erected by voluntary trade and the respect for individual rights? Would they have been built without the men who desire to rule men?
    
    (Somebody helped to create those unbelievable pyramids.
    They didn’t get built on their own.
    It was because people did things together.
    If you’ve got a business in Egypt. you didn’t build those.)
    
    All true. Yet, just like those parts in Obama's speech. mostly vague and pointless.
    
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      Posted by LetsShrug 12 years ago
      
      Wow....I was totally over thinking that....thought it was a riddle to be solved.
      
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        Posted by overmanwarrior 12 years ago
        
        LOL, Obama does seem to fancy himself as a pharaoh.
        
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Posted by lady_jefferson1776 12 years ago

If he has read any of her writings it is that he did not understand that individualism was a point to strive for, not to strive to destroy it. Surely, if he is wanting to destroy individualism and capitalism, he need only follow the very enemies of individualism in Rand's writings. When reading Rand, what you get from her writing would be to which side you are on.

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