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Absolutely my favourite bit of Ayn Rand. This speech can single handedly change the way people think about money and their own worth.

• gnaritas 18y ago
  Only if they don't think about it too much, I'm amazed people find this selfish drivel so influential.
  • mistermann 18y ago
    Feel free to point out the logical inconsistencies.
    • gnaritas 18y ago
      No need to, anyone who believes this crap isn't looking to be converted. Humans don't tend make decisions logically, they make them emotionally and then use logic to justify those decisions. I've yet to meet a Rand follower who wasn't really just a selfish emotionally stunted ego maniac who thought they were totally self sufficient and society was mooching off them, especially those lazy poor people. Generally a complete lack of awareness of the interdependence of all men on our societies and forms of government. You can't get past the first paragraph without noticing that Rand doesn't even know what the phrase "money is the root of all evil" means. It certainly doesn't mean money is evil which is how she interprets it and spends the whole rest of the article knocking down this absurd strawman. Anyone with half a brain knows "money is the root of all evil" means the love of material possessions has caused much evil in the world.