"One of the most common criticisms of Rand points to the exaggerated, cartoonish quality of her villains. But imagine traveling back in time to tell her that in 50 years progressives would denounce objectivity and the written word as “white supremacy” and wear name badges declaring their pronouns. Rand would have dismissed this prospect as too unrealistic for her novels."
https://www.aporiamagazine.com/p/what-ayn-rand-got-right-about-the
@matrix I actually read Rand for the first time very recently, and seen through that lens the incompetence, malice, and cronyism in her villains felt prescient more than anything else.
> The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
Seems pretty fucking prescient to me.
i did not expect this when i woke up this morning
What's the difference between reality and fiction?
@matrix
Fiction has to make sense.