tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post2740963911393310939..comments2024-03-22T11:14:05.861-04:00Comments on UncleBob's Treehouse: Legions of Mindless DipshitsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-87498076865888612142014-03-11T00:12:52.382-04:002014-03-11T00:12:52.382-04:00Glen, those points are the draws to get people int...Glen, those points are the draws to get people into Rosenbaum's tent, as Bob pointed out in an essay some years earlier. Inside the tent are narcissism and scapegoating and human sacrifice.John Saltnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-13623967812981881072014-03-10T11:57:04.711-04:002014-03-10T11:57:04.711-04:00Glen Filthie, I agree with your description of the...Glen Filthie, I agree with your description of the message, it's just that AS is essentially a rip off of the Bible (and other religious texts) from the point of view of someone suffering from a God complex. I find it hard to take her seriously, not for her supposed atheism, but because of her complete lack of self awareness as she promotes the Religion of (her)Self, couched in a rejection of religion. It's very pedestrian, and her character studies were so vapid as to be annoying. Unoriginal, in other words, and not nearly so nuanced as the works she hacked. Rachaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03261475344156866402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-61559407328331846452014-03-10T11:02:48.913-04:002014-03-10T11:02:48.913-04:00I think you boys may have missed the point by a mi...I think you boys may have missed the point by a mile and took the wrong message from Rand. Although Atlas Shrugged was tedious and poorly written, the main points were:<br /><br />- all men are not created equal<br />- society doesn't owe you a living, it owes you the right to make a living,<br />- only capitalism can produce a society that will allow the average man to reach his full potential<br />- socialism destroys incentive and encourages sloth<br />- the world is what it is, and perception is NOT reality.<br />- I have been in Galt's shoes. Any decent man who has had to work for a politically correct/equal opportunity/diverse corporation WILL find himself in Galt's shoes at some point.<br /><br />Needless to say those truths do not sit well with a lot of people. I am not one of them.Glen Filthiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256741311142364722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-76673341290570968482014-03-10T10:29:20.343-04:002014-03-10T10:29:20.343-04:00Any philosophy that appeals to our narcissism - &q...Any philosophy that appeals to our narcissism - "I'm great and you're the scum who is the cause of my problems" - is always going to be a hit with the simple-minded.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-28051544654072745662014-03-10T09:43:26.720-04:002014-03-10T09:43:26.720-04:00I seriously do not get the fixation on that stupid...I seriously do not get the fixation on that stupid book. I read it all - except John Galts redunkulous manifesto - because it was crazy-long (further evidence of Rands narcissism - none of them are ever succinct), and I already new what he was going to say and I have a life. <br /><br />Somehow AS has become the daily devotional of the ill-informed. The irony is it's such a profoundly lazy philosophy I sincerely doubt any of those characters would actually ever get anything done. Rachaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03261475344156866402noreply@blogger.com