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well, since you rated the book, you have obviously read it, so I cant help to wander how can you manage to avoid yourself...
Longanlon wrote: "well, since you rated the book, you have obviously read it, so I cant help to wander how can you manage to avoid yourself..."
That's what I was thinking.
The "egomaniacs" you're talking about are the people who will most respect you and others.
Marge wrote: "There are many people like Seth who would rather cling to their illusions than face reality. It's so much easier for them."
So those who don't agree with the book aren't facing reality? Is that what you're saying?
So a one star review from someone who hasn't read the book? Classy.
This review, plus four stars for a Paul Krugman book, tells me that Ayn Rand was a bit over your head.
Funny, but I'm going to be one of those people. All said and done 600 hundred pages are bound to have some substance as much as we are unwilling to see. I think the book provides a provocative alternative way of thought...helps keep an open mind. :)
i agree! it's my deal-breaker book -- if someone loves it, i do my best to pretend they don't exist!
I Agree and a lot of the comments to your review support that. I initially just liked it because it was a good story. (Of course I can't ever read it again because at my age my tolerance for bullshit has winked right out existence) I did have the opportunity at one time to talk to a group of people who'd read it as well thinking, "Hey we have this in common." and wow. What a bunch of arrogant douche bags. I see many of them have likely commented here already.
And Kayce - we can like the book and not be douche bags so long as we don't eat drink and sleep the flawed philosophy. To me I'll think back on it as a nice story about a railroad.
a very black and white way of thinking against a book you don't like because of it's black and white thinking.
Based off this comment and the other bleeding hearts, I’m going to have to buy it!
It’s a good book...after you’ve read it a few times James Taggert’s crew and Hank Reardon’s family just start to grind on your nerves.
I’m surprised that you say you don’t like this book. I am in the middle of the book (I have already read it once) but it is well written and provides very valid thoughts and values. As you said, it is most definitely a deal breaker and I will stay far away from people who disagree with Ayn. If you are one of these people your values and beliefs in right and wrong are messed up!
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.
- John Kenneth Galbraith
Have you read it? I have when Zi was 15 and I think it is a stupid book for stupid people.
So, you avoid yourself….? That explains a lot….
How can you have such a visceral reaction to a book you haven’t read?
I'm guessing you mean read it and liked it, not including those like you who have read it and rated it one star. Still, I'm not even halfway and although I have also been bothered by a number of things these reviews mention, I do find it a very interesting book. Yes, it's a caricature of both capitalists and socialists, but it makes a few good points. I've seen socialists and environmentalists (that's my people, btw) make incredibly stupid decisions that hurt not only the global or national economy and the wellness of a giant amount of people, but even the very people or nature they were trying to protect.
That's a good thing seth, those who've understood the book probably don't want to be in the presence of pessimistic leeches who detested it. Win - win, no?
Yes. Avoiding people with different opinions than you is surely the way to an enlightened life. I’m sure you’ve went on to be a great protestor since 2007.
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Longanlon wrote: "well, since you rated the book, you have obviously read it, so I cant help to wander how can you manage to avoid yourself..."That's what I was thinking.
The "egomaniacs" you're talking about are the people who will most respect you and others.
Marge wrote: "There are many people like Seth who would rather cling to their illusions than face reality. It's so much easier for them."So those who don't agree with the book aren't facing reality? Is that what you're saying?
So a one star review from someone who hasn't read the book? Classy.
This review, plus four stars for a Paul Krugman book, tells me that Ayn Rand was a bit over your head.
Funny, but I'm going to be one of those people. All said and done 600 hundred pages are bound to have some substance as much as we are unwilling to see. I think the book provides a provocative alternative way of thought...helps keep an open mind. :)
i agree! it's my deal-breaker book -- if someone loves it, i do my best to pretend they don't exist!
I Agree and a lot of the comments to your review support that. I initially just liked it because it was a good story. (Of course I can't ever read it again because at my age my tolerance for bullshit has winked right out existence) I did have the opportunity at one time to talk to a group of people who'd read it as well thinking, "Hey we have this in common." and wow. What a bunch of arrogant douche bags. I see many of them have likely commented here already.And Kayce - we can like the book and not be douche bags so long as we don't eat drink and sleep the flawed philosophy. To me I'll think back on it as a nice story about a railroad.
a very black and white way of thinking against a book you don't like because of it's black and white thinking.
Based off this comment and the other bleeding hearts, I’m going to have to buy it!
It’s a good book...after you’ve read it a few times James Taggert’s crew and Hank Reardon’s family just start to grind on your nerves.
I’m surprised that you say you don’t like this book. I am in the middle of the book (I have already read it once) but it is well written and provides very valid thoughts and values. As you said, it is most definitely a deal breaker and I will stay far away from people who disagree with Ayn. If you are one of these people your values and beliefs in right and wrong are messed up!
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.- John Kenneth Galbraith
Have you read it? I have when Zi was 15 and I think it is a stupid book for stupid people.
So, you avoid yourself….? That explains a lot….
How can you have such a visceral reaction to a book you haven’t read?
I'm guessing you mean read it and liked it, not including those like you who have read it and rated it one star. Still, I'm not even halfway and although I have also been bothered by a number of things these reviews mention, I do find it a very interesting book. Yes, it's a caricature of both capitalists and socialists, but it makes a few good points. I've seen socialists and environmentalists (that's my people, btw) make incredibly stupid decisions that hurt not only the global or national economy and the wellness of a giant amount of people, but even the very people or nature they were trying to protect.
That's a good thing seth, those who've understood the book probably don't want to be in the presence of pessimistic leeches who detested it. Win - win, no?
Yes. Avoiding people with different opinions than you is surely the way to an enlightened life. I’m sure you’ve went on to be a great protestor since 2007.
