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In a post I made a while ago I compared many on the right - who worship Ayn Rand - not with her heroes but with her villains.
Someone agrees with me:
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/elon-musk-thinks-he-is-an-ayn-rand-hero-nope-one-of-her-villains-silicon-valley-thiel-andreessen
Although the poster - Paul Crider - ignores how rotten some of Rand's heroes could be, her villains are far worse and Crider uses Elon Musk as a prime example. While many of Rand's heroes struggled and worked their way up through their own hard work and merit, Musk was born into a rich family and bought his way up. He is a prime example of Rand's villain sucking on the government teat to become rich (Tesla and SpaceX subsidies). He is arrogant (not self-confident), bullying (not trading value for value) and a racist (aggrandizing himself merely because he's white). He's a moocher, a leech, a looter. Look at Twitter - changed from a well loved social media platform to a nest of haters and racists.
Don't kid yourselves - D.O.G.E. is just a facade for turning the government upside down and shaking all the cash he can out of it. He'll do it by cutting aid to hungry kids and people who need medicine. He is a villain.
Update: I read of lot of Ayn Rand when I was a teen. I grew out of it.
Someone agrees with me:
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/elon-musk-thinks-he-is-an-ayn-rand-hero-nope-one-of-her-villains-silicon-valley-thiel-andreessen
Although the poster - Paul Crider - ignores how rotten some of Rand's heroes could be, her villains are far worse and Crider uses Elon Musk as a prime example. While many of Rand's heroes struggled and worked their way up through their own hard work and merit, Musk was born into a rich family and bought his way up. He is a prime example of Rand's villain sucking on the government teat to become rich (Tesla and SpaceX subsidies). He is arrogant (not self-confident), bullying (not trading value for value) and a racist (aggrandizing himself merely because he's white). He's a moocher, a leech, a looter. Look at Twitter - changed from a well loved social media platform to a nest of haters and racists.
Don't kid yourselves - D.O.G.E. is just a facade for turning the government upside down and shaking all the cash he can out of it. He'll do it by cutting aid to hungry kids and people who need medicine. He is a villain.
Update: I read of lot of Ayn Rand when I was a teen. I grew out of it.
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