MovieChat Forums > The Fountainhead (1949) Discussion > How old to people tend to be when they g...

How old to people tend to be when they grow out of Ayn Rand?

posted 19 years ago by drella666
294 replies | jump to latest

I've known a lot of Rand fans in their teens and twenties, but they usually grow out of it. Is support for AR's bonkers ideas incompatible with adulthood?

[–] 17 years ago

[deleted]

[–] 17 years ago

[deleted]

[–] 17 years ago

[deleted]

[–] 17 years ago

[deleted]

[–] 17 years ago

[deleted]

[–] 17 years ago

[deleted]

[–] lei-talk 17 years ago

...I have only read The Fountainhead by Rand,
and I'm not overly familiar with her Objectivism philosophy.

gg-uninstall displays commendable honesty
by prefacing his articulate and thoughtful post
with a confession of ignorance
regarding the topic of discussion.

any doubters of gg-uninstall's ignorance,
have it confirmed
as he opines:

To the Objectivists of this thread,
however, I want to say this:
if you expect to read a book to improve and give meaning to your life,
you are no better off reading Paulo Coehlo.

equating an advocate of irrational supernaturalism
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Coehlo)

with material of this quality:

http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagename=objectivism_essentials

http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagename=objectivism_pobs

http://objectivism101.com/IOP/Chart.html

http://wiki.objectivismonline.net/wiki/Main_Page

http://www.objectivistcenter.org/cth--1354-Logical_Structure_Objectivi sm.aspx

http://objectivism101.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectivism_%28Ayn_Rand%29

there by demonstrating the veracity of his prefatory confession.

[–] 17 years ago

[deleted]

[–] 17 years ago

[deleted]

[–] 17 years ago

[deleted]

[–] 17 years ago

[deleted]

[–] tbs1 17 years ago

When they have to look for a job and cant find it so they have to live on welfare.

[–] 17 years ago

[deleted]

[–] grapplernz 16 years ago

Anyone who supports freedom and what the American Constitution stands for should be a Libertarian.

[–] Qanqor 16 years ago

What an obnoxious, rude, and ignorant thread. I refer to the original poster, not the whole body of respondents (which is WAY too vast for me to read through).

Personally, I'm 46, and, while I disagree with her on a few points, on the whole I still largely agree with her. And you are cordially invited to keep your personal attack insults on *me* to yourself. Never mind philosophy, try to display some *manners*.

[–] umpire63 16 years ago

I came to Rand when I was 35. A decade later I still agree with most of her tenets.

[–] 16 years ago

[deleted]

[–] humbertothomas95 16 years ago

I don't know about anyone else, but I read The Fountainhead when I was 12, and fell in love with Ayn Rand's writing and philosophy. I realized within a couple years that the philosophy wasn't that great, but to this day I find her writing exquisite.

---------------------
My perfect threesome, me, Angelina Jolie, and Dominique Francon.

[–] TheSpiritOfTheTimes 16 years ago

Ayn Rand is an American cultural phenomenon. I'm certain academic philosophers have reservations about calling her ideas philosophy.

And the reason why her ideas are so popular is exactly because they are so simple.

Never argue with an idiot. They bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.

[–] 16 years ago

[deleted]

[–] FAnconia 15 years ago

Holy jump’n jehosifats, 200+ posts? Its going to take me as long to read this as it did the book!

Oh, I’m 58 and I’m still quite enamored with Miss Rand!

She was a junkie of the printed word. Fortunately, I manufactured her drug of choice!

[–] sionxxii 15 years ago

When they Realise every Rush album after Grace Under Pressure sucks. That was 1986 for me.

[–] Bishop_of_Battle 14 years ago

It's no masterpiece, but I thought Vapor Trails was pretty decent.