Griffin (vcgriffin)'s status on Monday, 08-Jun-15 21:10:28 UTC
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@awlditzy 1/2 "I swear by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine."
is probably the part that is central to the whole novel, and I guess the part that I am struggling with the most. Not because I think it should be used for the abolition of the welfare state, I still think that is more important than ever and she totally lost the plot on that one. The state and the family are the same thing and people who read Ayn Rand should also read Robert Tressell - The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists to get the other side of the story.
I see "I swear by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine." I can see it working in direct relationships between people, you don't want to be faking your reality (another Rand point) in order to please others
