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If You Could Ask Ayn Rand One Question....

Posted by awebb 9 years, 3 months ago to The Gulch: General
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If you had the opportunity to ask Ayn Rand any one question, what would it be?

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  • Posted by j_IR1776wg 9 years, 3 months ago
    Thomas Jefferson opined: Periodic revolution, β€œat least once every 20 years,” was β€œa medicine necessary for the sound health of government.”
    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-b...

    I would ask her if waiting any longer would help in exterminating the scourge that is destroying America.
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    Posted by Gollyath 9 years, 3 months ago in reply to this comment.
    It will only fail when her ideals are erased from history. When none will stand up against the tyranny. When books are burned, believers are persecuted, and mankind remembers as a myth instead of a legend.
    She trusted in the best that mankind has to offer, and in doing so, has ensured that failure will never be an option.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 3 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Was that the only reason? Or the reason? I would have said to show how to handle the situation which was already half concluded if not more when it hit 100% as in last New Years Eve. By thinking. Ergo sum one of the valid purposes of objectivism. I'd say she and Taylor Caldwell provided an end game solution to and inevitable non-conclusion. How is that failure? As for Rand I'll let her speak for herself. It requires reading.
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  • Posted by ohiocrossroads 9 years, 3 months ago
    Given that you wrote Atlas Shrugged to prevent the creation of a socialist USA, would you now say that you failed?
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  • Posted by richrobinson 9 years, 3 months ago in reply to this comment.
    It may be the only way forward. In AS Galt & company were there to rebuild. We have a bunch of Socialists waiting to rebuild if everything collapses.
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  • Posted by awebb 9 years, 3 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I wonder what she would say to that.... The problem with "big" changes or "quick" changes is I'm not sure they can be done peacefully.
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  • Posted by edweaver 9 years, 3 months ago
    Given what we know today, do you still believe it is possible to turn this country back to a free capitalist society?
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  • Posted by richrobinson 9 years, 3 months ago
    The Progressives have made great strides in taking over our country one small step at a time. Those of us who support freedom and liberty have been accused of wanting all or nothing. We want big changes fast. Should we take a similar approach to Progressives and just try to win a bunch of small battles or think big and try to change as much as possible as quickly as possible?
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  • Posted by awebb 9 years, 3 months ago
    Mine would be "Will you autograph my copy of Atlas Shrugged?"

    Just kidding... it would be "What the hell do we do now?"
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