Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Can you imagine...

...basing your whole life on the writings of some second-rate novelist from the 1950s? No, not Scientology, the cult founded by L. Ron Hubbard.


(Never trust a guy in an ascot.)

I was referring to a different cult, Objectivism, the "philosophy" of Ayn Rand.

2 comments:

Ed Crotty said...

The perfect quote-

"There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."

- John Rogers - screenwriter & producer extraordinaire

http://kfmonkey.blogspot.com/2009/03/ephemera-2009-7.html

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0736966/

mtracy said...

That's excellent! I think I first read that on Paul Krugman's blog.