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Hate Reads (What to read so you can counter quote bigots) (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by ZeffSyde@lemmy.world to c/books@lemmy.ml

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A life time ago I lost a friend to Objectivist philosophy. Not wanting to lose said friend, I read The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged to try and figure out why he was acting like an asshole all of a sudden.

I took a couple points of psychic damage in the process, but at least I can stand my own when offering counter arguments against their edgy philosophies.

What are some other works that it would be handy to be knowledgeable of the next time a philosophical edge lord tries to quote me into a corner?

I'm looking to be more well informed in conversation.

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[–] ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thank you, this is exactly the stuff I'm looking for.

[–] Adm_Drummer@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Thanks!

How did you find Rand's take on relativism?

I'm quite young so I can only compare it to a few things. It felt to me to just be overwhelmingly "Fuck you, I got mine." Which is... Interesting to say the least when you build your empire on the back of the workers.