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I feel the plight of my philosophy teacher now, when he has to wade through oodles of lame philosophical BS every semester while grading papers :)


Instead of offering pointless invective why not provide at least one reason why you make this comment? Atlas Shrugged has sold six million copies. That's no argument for the thesis put forward in it but its impact on a fair number of thoughtful people over the last fifty years or so at least commands, don't you think, a reasoned comment in that you felt strongly enough to post your one liner?


Atlas Shrugged has sold six million copies.

How does that compare to Dianetics?


And Techcrunch still gets millions of page views a day. Quality by quantity is an odd concept.

"Everyone should look at..." doesn't follow from "a lot of people..."

Objectivism might be worth looking in to, but that doesn't mean this book (despite being the founding text) has merit.


Mein Kampf sold around ten million copies.


You only take as you've given, and now your hope is all but gone - though you lost your way (Now is not forever). But I know your pain. We all fall sometimes you're not the first ! But I know it hurts. In the end you'll find what you deserve, still I know it hurts.


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