Quality of education between universities? Well, to the best of my knowledge, no body has given me the right to distribute money. I do have some ideas about what to do with a few hundred billion dollars. I do not expect to get the opportunity. — Bitter Crank
No one should get the opportunity.
Surely you must be joking, Mr. AppLeo. — Bitter Crank
Capitalism is the only individualistic system. It's certainly isn't socialism. The word "social" is opposite of individual. Socialism is group based.
Very lame. If you are so smart, how come you aren't rich? Or, if you are so rich, why are you not smarter? It's a puzzlement. — Bitter Crank
Alright first of all, I'm only 20, so give me some time to build up my wealth. Most millionaires and especially billionaires are older because they've had time to accumulate wealth and make mistakes.
Second, intelligence doesn't correlate with wealth. It does to some degree, but not really. It's the value you produce in the economy. There's a lot of idiot celebrities, but they provide lots of value, and are therefore paid a lot. And there are plenty of smart people who provide no value to the economy so they aren't rich.
Labor creates all wealth. Some people have ideas, some people are able to marshal investment capital and arrange for a factory to be built. But the building the factory and making whatever is made in the factory (useful goods or wasteful crap) is made by workers transforming raw materials into commodities of one sort or another. People get rich by expropriating the surplus value that workers (the vast majority of the population) create. — Bitter Crank
I don't see a problem.
John Rogers (whoever the hell he is) says “There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs." — Bitter Crank
I don't know why people always mention that quote. Somehow they feel superior without really making any arguments. Plus, you're quoting someone you don't even know. Who cares what he says.
Flannery O'Connor says "I hope you don’t have friends who recommend Ayn Rand to you. The fiction of Ayn Rand is as low as you can get re fiction. I hope you picked it up off the floor of the subway and threw it in the nearest garbage pail. She makes Mickey Spillane look like Dostoevsky." — Bitter Crank
Again, another quote by an idiot who doesn't know anything.
You know I could quote another random person too. Anne Hathaway had something good to say about Ayn Rand, but who cares what she thinks because she's not a part of this conversation.
It's cool and trendy to hate Ayn Rand. And I don't know why. Because what she says is amazing.