That would’ve been great. Instead she lived here last days collecting a social healthcare allowance, which is both hypocritical and on brand
Comment on Rational Self-Interest
lordnikon@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Man can you imagine if that happened for real. Hopefully before she wrote her second book. That Russian piece of trash. I wished I believed in hell, just so i could believe she is burning in it.
Akasazh@feddit.nl 1 month ago
mechoman444@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Clearly you haven’t actually read anything by her. And if you did you didn’t understand any of it.
Throughout The Fountain Head and Atlas Shrugged there are themes of taking responsibility for the power one wields with their rational self interest. As in providing for the people working under someone in power.
I would assume you don’t like Ayn Rand because you heard that right wingers like her or because she was simply Russian. Both reasons are ignorant and irritating.
mechoman444@lemmy.world 1 day ago
(was looking through my comments and thought I would supplement my original comment to further exemplify your ignorance of Ayn rand’s work. This is just GPT generated but it generally emphasizes what I want to say)
The theme of responsibility is integral to Ayn Rand’s philosophy, but it is framed primarily as individual responsibility. In her works, characters are responsible for their own success, values, and moral integrity. They are expected to take ownership of their lives, work hard, and create value without relying on others for unearned rewards. This sense of personal accountability is deeply tied to her advocacy for rational self-interest and the rejection of altruism as a moral duty.
The comic largely ignores or subverts this theme. It portrays the caricature of Rand as shirking responsibility for fairness or mutual benefit, while justifying exploitation under the guise of “rational self-interest.” In contrast, Rand’s protagonists—such as Howard Roark in The Fountainhead or John Galt in Atlas Shrugged—embody the idea that self-interest is inseparable from productive effort and integrity. They take full responsibility for their work and its outcomes, even when faced with immense personal cost.
The workers in the comic, meanwhile, highlight the absence of reciprocal responsibility. In Rand’s view, individuals (or businesses) should not exploit others but should engage in voluntary, mutually beneficial exchanges. The satire undermines this by presenting the workers as victims of a one-sided interpretation of her philosophy, where responsibility is shouldered entirely by them while those in power evade it.
In essence, the comic exaggerates a critique that Rand’s philosophy allows those in power to neglect their responsibility to others, while her works emphasize a balanced moral code where responsibility to oneself and voluntary relationships are key.