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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 12:13 AM Original message |
What if John Galt is a criminal or a con man? |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
1. Well done. I've never understood why each libertarian assumes he or she will be the one left on top |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 12:18 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. and if they were, who would fix their breakfast and wipe their asses? |
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guruoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 11:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. exactly... |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 11:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
23. They always like to belittle "the little people" |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 01:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. i like the really delusional ones who claim |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 11:16 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Exactly. Me too. |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
3. a lot of them insist that such scammers aren't "real" CEOs, or not the ones that they do adore |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
4. Galt is a farming colony. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-08-09 07:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. What? Nothing? |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
5. Rand would still support him. She wrote pages upon pages of praise for serial killers in her diaries |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 12:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Really? Do you have links to her praise for serial killers? |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 12:42 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Here: |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 01:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. I had no idea. Thank you for posting this. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 12:43 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. It's fairly well-documented |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 01:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Thank you for the link, and OMG! |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Prescott is right: Rand does sound like the kind of woman who writes love letters to prisoners |
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burning rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
9. The hardcore Randians make heroes of economic criminals. |
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Naked_Ape (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
10. I am this Galt dude, I guess |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I definitely agree with you on the "white, technical field" thing-- |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. I hate to say it, but most engineers have social skills deficits, so they would have trouble |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Hey, Why bash mechanical engineers? Many of us are liberals. |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I didn't say ALL. It is weird though, I've had interaction with a lot of techie people over the |
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dorktv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 02:55 AM Response to Original message |
12. I always wanted to know who does the farming in that world |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-07-09 11:42 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. They forgot to take a plumber with them to Galt's Gulch. |
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