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> "no gods no masters" (Game of Thrones reference, ding on the pop-culture) that's not a game of thrones reference as far as I can tell. It's an old anarchist

> "no gods no masters" (Game of Thrones reference, ding on the pop-culture) that's not a game of thrones reference as far as I can tell. It's an old anarchist and socialist slogan. It'd be an odd fit for that part of the right. "No gods or kings, only man" is a Bioshock reference that pops up sometimes in those parts.

Freak_NL 9y ago
> "No gods or kings, only man" is a Bioshock reference that pops up sometimes in those parts. Which in turn uses Ayn Rand's philosophy (Objectivism) as the basis of the fictional (failed) society in Bioshock. (Compare with this quote: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/207108-at-first-man-was-enslaved-by-the-gods-but-he https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/207108-at-first-man-was-ens... ) Ayn Rand and her philosophy are quite popular in right-wing circles (and incidentally, largely denounced in academic circles).
- wmil 9y ago
  > and incidentally, largely denounced in academic circles Not surprising. A tenured professor getting government grants for research is a villain by Randian standards.
  - jandrese 9y ago
    It has been many years since I read the books, but I'm pretty sure university intellectuals were actual villains in Atlas Shrugged. IIRC didn't they say that more testing was needed before they could count the new supermetal as safe? I remember thinking at the time that the hero was being really reckless and that advanced composites often fail in new and unexpected ways and that building an entire rail line out of the stuff before you understand how it fails is beyond risky. Of course because it was a book the metal is perfect in every way and never has a problem, but the real world is rarely so forgiving.
- hithereagain 9y ago
  BB&T, through its "BB&T Charitable Foundation", spent a lot of money injecting Ayn Rand into college curricula: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/10/16/new-paper-details-extent-bbt-banks-ayn-rand-inspired-grant-program https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/10/16/new-paper-det... http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90104091 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9010409...

Freak_NL 9y ago

> "No gods or kings, only man" is a Bioshock reference that pops up sometimes in those parts. Which in turn uses Ayn Rand's philosophy (Objectivism) as the basis of the fictional (failed) society in Bioshock. (Compare with this quote: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/207108-at-first-man-was-enslaved-by-the-gods-but-he https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/207108-at-first-man-was-ens... ) Ayn Rand and her philosophy are quite popular in right-wing circles (and incidentally, largely denounced in academic circles).

wmil 9y ago
> and incidentally, largely denounced in academic circles Not surprising. A tenured professor getting government grants for research is a villain by Randian standards.
- jandrese 9y ago
  It has been many years since I read the books, but I'm pretty sure university intellectuals were actual villains in Atlas Shrugged. IIRC didn't they say that more testing was needed before they could count the new supermetal as safe? I remember thinking at the time that the hero was being really reckless and that advanced composites often fail in new and unexpected ways and that building an entire rail line out of the stuff before you understand how it fails is beyond risky. Of course because it was a book the metal is perfect in every way and never has a problem, but the real world is rarely so forgiving.
hithereagain 9y ago
BB&T, through its "BB&T Charitable Foundation", spent a lot of money injecting Ayn Rand into college curricula: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/10/16/new-paper-details-extent-bbt-banks-ayn-rand-inspired-grant-program https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/10/16/new-paper-det... http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90104091 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9010409...