So, objectivists aren't objective. Deal with it!

[Mme. Defarge]

Here is the article that didn't get saved in an update of my Washington Post app.: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/spirited-atheist/post/the-ayn-rand-revival-economics-sex-and-atheism-for-dummies/2011/04/20/AFDd8lBE_blog.html

What makes Rand the perfect philosopher-queen for a 15-year-old is that every adolescent considers herself a misunderstood genius hounded by that intimate collective, the family (which Rand considered the archetypal individual-destroying institution). So it says a good deal about the intellectual and emotional immaturity of the far right that Rand, who never really went away because there is an endless supply of teenagers responsive to her exaltation of selfishness as truth, is enjoying a huge revival in support of the Government-Is-The-Root-Of-All-Evil.

The influence of Rand on the current generation of anti-government activists is powerful. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.), who is actually 41 but still looks like a teenager (I’m wondering if believing in Rand after age 25 stops you from getting wrinkles), credits his reading of Rand for the philosophy embodied in his deficit-cutting budget proposal. The Ryan budget would, among its other brilliant ideas, “reform” Medicare by turning it into a voucher program for old people to buy insurance. That no private insurance company will be willing to provide good insurance for 80-year-olds at any price (the sort of reality ignored by Rand in her worship of the market) is no problem if you embrace teenage logic. In the world of teenage fantasy, one never grows sick or old.

Then, there are all of those intellectually inferior beings to deal with. Nate Silver, etc.

[jenw2]

1. It is objective if you realize they care only about themselves

By killing off others, there are more resources for them. That's why they're pro-gun and pro-violence. Fewer people means more for them.