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> One thing that might be helpful is to understand Rand's view on compromise. She said you can compromise on concretes when you agree on a principle, but you mu
by jnbiche 15y ago
> One thing that might be helpful is to understand Rand's view on compromise. She said you can compromise on concretes when you agree on a principle, but you must never compromise your fundamental principles.
This is why I find it so interesting that Rand ended up accepting social security and medicare from the government[1]. You seem to know a lot about Rand -- do you have any idea how she justified her accepting government benefits?
1. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-ford/ayn-rand-and-the-vip-dipe_b_792184.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-ford/ayn-rand-and-the-...
- javert 15y agoShe took the benefits because the government took far more than that from her! She was just getting a tiny part of it back. She actually wrote at length about this issue [1]. That people keep puzzling over it shows that they don't understand AR (which is perfectly fine if they don't claim to understand her), or just want to smear her. [1] http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/government_grants_and_scholarships.html http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/government_grants_and_scho...