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Only rarely in U.S. history do writers transform us to become a more caring or less caring nation. In the 1850s, Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) was a strong force in making the United States a more humane nation, one that would abolish slavery of African-Americans. A century later, Ayn Rand (1905-1982) helped make the United States into one of the most uncaring nations in the industrialized world, a neo-Dickensian society where health care is for only those who can afford it, and where young people are coerced into huge student-loan debt that cannot be discharged in bankruptcy.

How Ayn Rand Seduced Young Men and Helped Make the U.S. into an Uncaring Nation (via azspot)

Ayn Rand was the fucking Devil. I’m almost sure of this. Oh, and she was an unscientific kook. Check out The Selfish Gene for an explanation of how altruism is an evolutionary trait. The idea of mirror neurons is another steak in the heart (not that she had one) of her bullshit theories. 

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