Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhat is a popular book that everyone buys but nobody reads?message-squaremessage-square286fedilinkarrow-up1190arrow-down110
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minus-squarepinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoI’m not an atheist and even to me, that’s a really transparent dig at people who believe something you disagree with. You don’t need religion to be altruistic as you are implying.
minus-squarerichieadler@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI’m not implying that, the OP was. (Or so I thought. Apparently they are saying that Rand was riding on that idea.)
minus-squareHot Saucerman@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI’m a fucking atheist and I think Ayn Rand was a loser sack of shit who leaned on every government assistance she preached against existing. So yeah, Rand was riding on it. I would like to think most fellow atheists reject her power-worship bullshit wrapped in “Objectivism.”
minus-squarerichieadler@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoTo clarify, I agree with you on every word.
I’m not an atheist and even to me, that’s a really transparent dig at people who believe something you disagree with. You don’t need religion to be altruistic as you are implying.
I’m not implying that, the OP was. (Or so I thought. Apparently they are saying that Rand was riding on that idea.)
I’m a fucking atheist and I think Ayn Rand was a loser sack of shit who leaned on every government assistance she preached against existing.
So yeah, Rand was riding on it. I would like to think most fellow atheists reject her power-worship bullshit wrapped in “Objectivism.”
To clarify, I agree with you on every word.