As you point out, anyone with a normal understanding of human nature would see the implausibility of libertarian doctrine.
But we're talking here about people who thought Ayn Rand wrote believable characters.
Her novels serve as a sort of pre-selection filter for people with simplistic theories of mind.
(This might suggest the corollary, that in a world where human beings were all replaced by Ayn Rand characters, libertarianism would work as advertised. That does not follow, though, because the grossly inaccurate theory of mind is only the first flaw in libertarianism, not the last.)
The naïveté of the man leaves me breathless. But what else could we expect from someone who had swallowed Ayn Rand’s Kool Aid? He inspired true belief which is not hard to do in the USA. We go from bad to worse, but I hope that Trump has established a bottom.
Well said. The “free” market the neoliberals embraced was never free, only dangerously vulnerable to the legal fraud and illegal anti-competitive and monopolistic market behavior creating the affordability crisis and the hollowing out of the rural economy.
As you point out, anyone with a normal understanding of human nature would see the implausibility of libertarian doctrine.
But we're talking here about people who thought Ayn Rand wrote believable characters.
Her novels serve as a sort of pre-selection filter for people with simplistic theories of mind.
(This might suggest the corollary, that in a world where human beings were all replaced by Ayn Rand characters, libertarianism would work as advertised. That does not follow, though, because the grossly inaccurate theory of mind is only the first flaw in libertarianism, not the last.)
The naïveté of the man leaves me breathless. But what else could we expect from someone who had swallowed Ayn Rand’s Kool Aid? He inspired true belief which is not hard to do in the USA. We go from bad to worse, but I hope that Trump has established a bottom.
Well said. The “free” market the neoliberals embraced was never free, only dangerously vulnerable to the legal fraud and illegal anti-competitive and monopolistic market behavior creating the affordability crisis and the hollowing out of the rural economy.
I think a word is missing- “With easy (money? )and deregulation”. Anyway, love your shit.
fixed it. thanks
Thank you, thank you, thank you! Just finishing "When the Clock Broke".I can't wait to read your next book.
Well done, maestro! You are far more deserving of that designation than Greenspan ever was.