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[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 15 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

Ayn Rand depended on the government welfare programs before she died. She didn't even believe her own bullshit. Any Rand lovers hate when you bring this up because they don't have a good excuse for it.

See below

[–] FederatedSaint@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

If you've ever read atlas shrugged and not rolled your eyes or went, "god this is insufferable" then you might be a Republican lol.

As a person who believes in government programs, I find the idea that you have to believe the right things in order to be worthy of receiving benefits abhorrent.

And of course they have an excuse for it: she paid taxes so it's her money. They don't hate it, they love it when you bring it up.

So: gross for the person making this argument, ineffective against someone who knows the least but about how she viewed it.

There's tons of things that suck about Rand, so let's find something other than being a hypocrite about her being a hypocrite.

[–] zokr@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ayn Rand depended on the government welfare programs before she died. She didn’t even believe her own bullshit.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ayn-rand-social-security/


It is morally defensible for those who decry publicly-funded scholarships, Social Security benefits,

and unemployment insurance to turn around and accept them, Rand argued, because the government

had taken money from them by force (via taxes). There's only one catch: the recipient must regard the

receipt of said benefits as restitution, not a social entitlement.


If she paid into Social Security and Medicare and paid taxes then what is the issue? The paragraph above states

that she did not believe her actions to be hypocrisy because she had paid taxes.

[–] YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

What is your deal? Why are you all over this thread defending Ayn Rand?