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I wish I could find a kinder way to put this but... Don't you think that sounds like something an Ayn Rand villain would do? Having not read Ulysses, nor havin
by crabmusket 2y ago
I wish I could find a kinder way to put this but... Don't you think that sounds like something an Ayn Rand villain would do?
Having not read Ulysses, nor having ever moved in the kind of circles where many if any acquaintances had, I can't really vouch for whether it has any specific literary value. Not am I really that interested in finding out for myself, from what I do know of it. But the idea that there's some grand cultural conspiracy behind it sounds just a little bit paranoid.
I don't mean to attack you personally, I don't know you and if I had more time I'd write a more sensitive post. I just wanted to make the Rand connection because I see little mention of her villains when she's brought up, and your post reminded me of them so strongly!
- kstrauser 2y agoHah, I could live with being a Rand villain. I suspect it’d be closer to a David Foster Wallace kind of subplot though. I don’t actually think that’s what happened. However, if it came out that it did, I wouldn’t be entirely shocked. It’d be less “I knew it!” and more “huh, that explains a lot”.
- crabmusket 2y agoFair. People sure can act in that sort of way, for all sorts of reasons. We do what we can to navigate the social world we're part of, and if that means lying about having understood a word of Ulysses, then that's what we'll do!