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> Your comments are also just anecdotes, except that they are second-order, based on your anecdotal impression of what you've read I really doubt that the Rand

• sanderjd 4y ago
  Randian philosophy has not taken over the US since Reagan. You seem to have read or watched things that have convinced you of this false thing; those are the anecdotes I'm talking about. Elsewhere, I have conversations just like this with people who are certain that Marxism has taken over the US. They're in a "look at these examples of Marxism" bubble just like you're in a "look at these examples of Randian philosophy" bubble. The truth is that you're both wrong and the reality is a lot more complex (and a lot more interesting).