"A genius is a genius, regardless of the number of morons who belong to the same race... " - Ayn Rand

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"A genius is a genius, regardless of the number of morons who belong to the same race - and a moron is a moron, regardless of the number of geniuses who share his racial origin." - Ayn Rand


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  • Posted by Lucky 7 years, 8 months ago
    Highly recommended for reading.
    There is much to quote but I will only put up the following with a question, is this now out of date?
    " observe also that racism is much more prevalent among the poor white trash than among their intellectual betters."
    Today, the loudest supporters of collectivism are in the chattering classes.
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  • Posted by libertylad 7 years, 9 months ago
    For context see source article:
    http://alexpeak.com/twr/racism/
    (cited as Ayn Rand, “Racism,” The Objectivist Newsletter 2, no. 9 (New York, NY: Ayn Rand and Nathaniel Branden, September 1963), 33–36. The footnote is found in chapter seventeen of Ayn Rand’s The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism.)
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