Who would Ayn Rand Vote For?
Posted by robgambrill 8 years, 6 months ago to Humor
"I really believe that if Ayn Rand were alive today, she would vote for Trump. But since she is dead, she will most likely be voting for Hillary."
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Beyond that, I don't think she'd even recognize what elections have become.
In real life, Ayn Rand wrote against voting for Ronald Reagan. I do not think that she voted Democrat that time, though. She did admire Adlai Stevenson, but, as I recall reading, she voted for Dwight Eisenhower. Her attraction for the liberals was that they had an intellectual approach to problems and offered solutions. She disagreed with those specifics, but she praised the process. On the other hand, the conservatives and Republicans were just "me, too" traditionalists with no program and no perception of the actual problems.
She would not have voted for Donald Trump. He is unintellectual, range-of-the-moment. He is a demagogue, appealing to fear. His campaign slogan "to make America great again" assumes that America is no longer great. It admits a defeat that never happened.
While it can be impossible to do productive, creative work without the government being overly involved, Trump actively courted favors for his real estate deals. He did work his way through college, granted. But he did that with HUD houses. Again, there is a reality to that which an honest person could come to grips with, but Donald Trump seems never to have asked any basic questions about eminent domain.
I think that Ayn Rand would not vote for anyone for President in this election.
And it is kinda late . . .
Making a general mess of things. Thatr's what dinos do.
Silly dino . . .
Uh, that was kinda bare bones laid out there, though.
I don't know really know what Rand would think of Trump or how she would have voted in this election.
Again sorry if it put you off. Internet Humor is sometimes coarse. #speakfreely