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gothiclg OP t1_j21kvjj wrote

Reply to comment by ssjx7squall in Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand by gothiclg

It’s one of very very few ways it could get summed up and none of them make it sound great

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Muninwing t1_j23nfjl wrote

Objectivism is pretty much just a justification for a conservative power-dream, where only the wealthy and the cutthroat survive.

It is, boiled down, saying “screw everyone else, selfishness will give you power.” So of course those who want power and those who are already selfish eat it up.

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