intellectualammo Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 (edited) Just saw this article on Salon published: " If you’re worried about where America is heading, look no further than Tennessee. Its lush mountains and verdant rolling countryside belie a mean-spirited public policy that only makes sense if you believe deeply in the anti-collectivist, anti-altruist philosophy of Ayn Rand. It’s what you get when you combine hatred for government with disgust for poor people." http://www.salon.com/2013/04/11/tennessee_ayn_rands_vision_of_paradise_partner/ More: " In the Randian universe, it’s not enough to starve public education and the poor. You also must blame the poor both for their poverty and for the crumbling educational system. If a poor child is failing it must be the fault of low-income parents. So how do you drive the point home? You take away their welfare checks if their kids don’t do well in school, which is precisely what the Tennessee House and Senate are about to do. " Edited April 12, 2013 by intellectualammo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tadmjones Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 read the comment section, obama may be able to pull off a bloomberg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CptnChan Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 read the comment section, obama may be able to pull off a bloomberg I tried to read the comments but I got sick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intellectualammo Posted April 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 " It’s not easy to be cruel to someone who is down and out. After all, most of us feel ashamed when walking by a homeless person or watching kids crammed into over-crowded classrooms" Ashamed? Why would one feel ashamed by that? Has nothing to do with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrolicsomeQuipster Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 (edited) This is so easily turned upside down its not even funny. "In a Kantian universe its not enough to cripple children by teaching them that their only means of survival is dependency on the sacrifices others, it actually has to be made into a reality." Edited April 12, 2013 by FrolicsomeQuipster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Hardin Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 I found this article very encouraging. If leftists are this worried about the pervasive influence of Ayn Rand, perhaps there is hope for the future, after all. It’s a long-term project. After all, it required almost two generations of painstaking work for the Ayn Rand right to take over the national debate. It may take just as long to recapture it. I had no idea we had taken over the national debate. I only wish it were true. The election results last November clearly show that it is not true—but if we can scare the leftists into thinking we are winning, we must be doing something right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrolicsomeQuipster Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 You're right Hardin, the most important thing right now is attention. And this tad here was free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tadmjones Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 not all tads are free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intellectualammo Posted April 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 (edited) And now that article is on Huffingtonpost : http://www.huffingtonpost.com/les-leopold/ayn-rand_b_3062112.html Edited April 16, 2013 by intellectualammo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairnet Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 (edited) So why is Tennessee poor? Its supposed to be an economically free state (#3 according to the Mercatus Center). http://freedominthe50states.org/overall/tennessee Edited April 17, 2013 by Hairnet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Hardin Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 So why is Tennessee poor? Its supposed to be an economically free state (#3 according to the Mercatus Center). http://freedominthe50states.org/overall/tennessee It's called Appalachia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairnet Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 It's called Appalachia. A history of poverty is pretty bad. Are the policies in place in Tennessee hurting or helping this situation though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastian Hayek Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 A history of poverty is pretty bad. Are the policies in place in Tennessee hurting or helping this situation though? According to the Mercatus Index Tennessee has a net migration rate of 4.7% and personal income growth of 1.62%. Starting from much lower, but compare California with -4.5% net migration despite being so pretty, and 0.38% income contraction. Also Mercatus says: "Our study has found that a positive relationship exists between a state's fiscal freedom and its net migration rate and income growth." Source: http://freedominthe50states.org/download/print-edition.pdf#page=99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairnet Posted April 20, 2013 Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 Thanks for finding that for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intellectualammo Posted May 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2013 Now here is a talk about it on YouTube up: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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