Joy grows when your choices match your values.
#Happiness #AynRand #DailyGrowth #LifeQuotes
https://quotes.thisgrandpablogs.com/achieving-personal-happiness/

“Who is going to stop you?” Take control of your life today.
#Empowerment #AynRand #Motivation #SelfBelief
https://quotes.thisgrandpablogs.com/empowerment-ayn-rand-quote/

In the style of Ayn Rand:

"The angular planes of her butt jutted out architecturally. Unfortunately for her, this meant that she couldn't sit anywhere. However, the lift those planes afforded her allowed her to fly anywhere."

#AynRand #drivel

“days of the United States propping up the entire world order like Atlas are over”

#AynRand #AtlasShrugged

Who makes the electricity in #Anthem? #AynRand

Joy grows when your choices match your values. Rand shows how clear aims, honest action, and daily effort build real peace and strength.
#AynRand #QuoteLove #LifeWisdom #DailyInspiration #MindsetShift

Atlas Shrugged

https://david-jasso.com/2024/04/11/atlas-shrugged/

#HackerNews #AtlasShrugged #AynRand #Philosophy #Literature #BookDiscussion #TechNews

Proposal: a version of the speech at the end of the #AynRand novel #TheFountainhead, but instead of defending blowing up a public building, #HowardRoark is defending sending unsolicited #dickpics (illegal in many places now).

(He would totally send unsolicited dickpics to Dominique)

Waste: "A man is entitled to the sweat of his own brow!"

Based: "A man is entitled to send a pic of his own dick!"

#Literature #libertarianism #dick

Ayn Rand - How Is This Still A Thing?: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

https://peertube.gravitywell.xyz/w/1hMxY2ok2CHGhHMHSQRpNs

"Money is a tool, not the driver." – AYN RAND. It’s about what money can help you do, not what it makes you.
#AynRand #MoneyIsATool
https://quotes.thisgrandpablogs.com/money-is-a-tool-not-the-driver/

Vaya, no perdamos nunca el sentido del humor. Nada es realmente tan sagrado como el sentido del humor.

#AynRand

“It boils down to this. The measure of mental health in a person is the degree of their interest in others. That could be their neighbours, or it could be social and political.”

#selfishness #greed #EconomicElites #TechBros #libertarianism #AynRand
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Zoe Williams surveys the landscape of self-help books right now, noting,

"If you yearn for an Ayn Randian existence of absolute self-reliance, there are plenty of bestsellers that can help. They may not make you happier though."

Contra the "Trumpy" philosophy of this literature, she cites psychotherapist Manu Bazzano, who observes,

#selfishness #greed #EconomicElites #TechBros #libertarianism #AynRand
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https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/oct/09/look-out-for-number-one-selfish-self-help-books-are-booming-but-will-they-improve-your-life

"They’re evangelizing a worldview where selfishness is wisdom and concern for others is performance.

This spreads through elite networks, through media that treats cynicism as insight, through algorithmic systems that reward sociopathic behavior with attention and profit."

#selfishness #greed #EconomicElites #TechBros #libertarianism #AynRand
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"When Marc Andreessen describes liberation as freedom from 'having to pretend to care about other people at dinner parties,' when venture capitalists celebrate 'disruption' that destroys communities while enriching investors, when tech platforms optimize for engagement regardless of democratic consequences—they’re not just acting selfishly."

~ Mike Brock

#selfishness #greed #EconomicElites #TechBros #libertarianism #AynRand
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https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-birth-of-the-sociopath-why-smart

via Roger Head at Eschaton

#ChunderRoad #Aynrand #argentina

new ayn rand just dropped

(related: https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/make-argentina-gold-again )

#argentina #milei #javierMilei #bailout #uspol #aynRand #atlasShrugged #meme #memes #libertarian #libertarians #libertarianism

For full context behind the quote and its argument, here’s #AynRand’s complete 1977 Ford Hall Forum lecture “Global Balkanization,” including Q&A:

Audio-only: https://ari.aynrand.org/issues/culture-and-society/education-and-multiculturalism/global-balkanization/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODJNmi_acWI&feature=youtu.be

#politics #philosophy #Objectivism

So‑called “selfish” #capitalism — grounded in voluntary exchange — has united people across borders more than any “One‑World” scheme.

What *remains* of capitalism today is under attack — from politicians, intellectuals, the media. If we want to uphold #liberty in the marketplace, we need to defend it on moral grounds.

Discover #AynRand’s moral case for capitalism: https://aynrand-19886644.hs-sites.com/capitalism

#politics #ethics #philosophy #Objectivism