The Ayn Rand Debate?
Tonight is the Vice Presidential debate. In one corner will be Paul Ryan, whose appreciation of Atlas Shrugged has led some to label him the “Ayn Rand candidate.” In the other corner is Joe Biden, who as far as I know has never been accused of being overly influenced by a philosopher. In any case, Yaron and I will no doubt have a lot to say about the ideas raised in tonight’s debate. In the meantime, here is some of our existing commentary on Ryan and Rand.
2 Comments to “The Ayn Rand Debate?”
From an atheistic perspective, it would be nice if some Objectivists ran for election as Republicans.
As Yaron (among others) have pointed out in the past, an Objectivist would get nowhere in politics today. The philosophical ideas involved are too foreign, too “radical”, for most people (ESPECIALLY for Republicans, who tend to be religious and altruistic).
We need time to educate people first, which is why Don and Yaron’s new book ‘Free Market Revolution’ is so important.
I hope to live long enough to someday see an Objectivist do at least as well as H. Ross Perot (approx. 19%) did in a presidential election, but there’s still much work to be done before that can become possible.