Philosophy shrugged: ignoring Ayn Rand won’t make her go away

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If ignoring Rand won't make her go away then neither will the smears and misrepresentation of her views such as in this article. But that strategy has been failing for 40 years since before she died.

This article claims that "It should be easy to show what is wrong with her thinking..." without even trying to take a swing at her. Hint: I can assure you that if it was easy it would already have been done.

tldr: Will someone (anyone!) please prove her wrong so we can go back to ignoring her? (be careful, its a trap!).

Well, when she died she was receiving Social Security and Medicare because she couldn't afford her medical bills, so it doesn't seem like her philosophy worked out too well for her in the end.

Have you actually read what she wrote in "The Question of Scholarships" or do you have difficulty understanding the application of a principle?

https://campus.aynrand.org/works/1966/01/01/the-question-of-...

In order to be eligible for Social Security, you have to pay into Social Security; SS is kind of like an annuity. Nothing hypocritical about taking money out of an annuity that you (were forced) to pay into.

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