Re: [issues] Despotic Demographics RANT (LONG)

[Kelly Lynn Martin]

On Fri, 31 Dec 1999 15:45:43 -0500, Robert Kiesling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
said:

>Excuse me for butting in.  I think that philosophy he's describing is
>called "positivism," which does not allow credit for rational
>choices.  I think Ayn Rand popularized it (probably in the previous
>millenium, by the time you read this).

Of course, Randism is mainly a feeble attempt to rationalize
unabashed capitalism.  It's very popular with social darwinists,
racists, and bigots of all sorts.  Not that everyone who follows Rand
is one of these, but....

What I find truly amazing is that Rand was female.

Kelly

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