School Haka, spitting at feet of David Seymour

[Lilith7]

They should have beaten him with something solid like a nephrite jade Mere.

Comes a time when harsh words make no difference and more persuasive methods are required, especially concerning right wingers with no common sense but plenty of zealotry, it's not even an adult philosophy, more one of first year University students who can't think for themselves, Ayn Rand has a lot to answer for, a very silly woman.

https://www.google.com/search?client=fir...q=Ayn+Rand

Jewish friend of mine who was middle aged by this stage suddenly had a big thing with her "philosophy", kept quoting from the books, I didn't even tell him that I knew all about it at/from quite an early age and just broke off all contact with him, there are some things that are beyond the pale.

He was a person who was just rebellious for its own sake, reactionary rather than philosophical, just wants to shock, went through a big punk phase, like so many, I realized he had nothing to offer and said goodbye.

David Seymour is the same sort of person.

David Seymour seems to have no idea of the reality for most voters - that, or he knows very well & simply does not care how difficult it is for some now.\

We had a teacher in high school who recommended her books, & vaguely remember reading one or two back then.
She inspired  Neo Liberalism - basically, every man/woman for themselves & devil take the hindmost. She disagreed strongly with welfare but towards the end of her life, had no other option.

https://www.good.is/articles/conservativ...its%20help.

"A new book reveals that Ayn Rand, the late conservative author and opponent of the welfare state, actually relied quite heavily on welfare programs.


Of the welfare state, the conservative philosopher and author Ayn Rand once wrote, "Morally and economically, the welfare state creates an ever accelerating downward pull." 
As it turns out, however, toward the end of her life, Rand ended up relying quite heavily on its help.
According to the new book An Oral History of Ayn Rand, faced with lung cancer after a life spent smoking, and without the wealth needed to combat that cancer, Rand adopted an assumed name to seek government funds for her treatment.

An interview with Evva Pryror, a social worker and consultant to Miss Rand's law firm of Ernst, Cane, Gitlin and Winick verified that on Miss Rand's behalf she secured Rand's Social Security and Medicare payments which Ayn received under the name of Ann O'Connor (husband Frank O'Connor).

As Pryor said, "Doctors cost a lot more money than books earn and she could be totally wiped out" without the aid of these two government programs. Ayn took the bail out even though Ayn "despised government interference and felt that people should and could live independently... 
She didn't feel that an individual should take help."


https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand

"Rand invented a philosophy that she called "Objectivism". She was against communism, socialism, and collectivism, which are political systems where a community or the government of a country takes charge of distribution of that country's goods and products.

She opposed altruism, which she viewed as a form of self-sacrifice. She favored a form of rational selfishness.

She also thought that countries should have very small governments. Rand did not think that welfare payments to poor people were a good thing, because this involves using force to take money away from others. She believed that charity (giving money away) could be a good thing if the person giving the money wanted and chose to do it, but she did not think that people should be expected or forced to give away their money."