#randians

[vitaganiedae]

So this man--young-ish, handsome-ish--walks in, a grin on his face, a bounce in his step, his kith and kin not far behind, and he says "I'm looking for Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand?" 

And beholding his sparkly white polo shirt and sparkly clean haircut and sparkly smug smile I think Of course you are, dear, and scurry off to fetch it for him. 

"Great!" He says, and "Oh, I don't have my wallet..." And, turning back to his aforementioned posse, "Hang on, I'm gonna get these guys to buy it for me!" 

And thus our heroine nods and smiles and definitely doesn't choke on her coffee cracking the hell up. 

[owlmachine]

If you tell me Ayn Rand is your favorite philosopher, fine. But then you don't get to use anything derived from public services ever again. Including your precious money, roads, protection via police and military. The lack of your attempt to contribute to government does not mean the government is flawed, just that you are lazy or are somehow institutionally disadvantaged. However, the majority of Randians being straight white male republicans/libertarians I'm going to say its probably just you being lazy and saying "I already have all I want, why should others get some of what I have?" The goal of a business is to make profit for yourself, the goal of a government is to help the people as a whole prosper.

[robotpirateninja]

“Hi, I’m right here”: An open letter to Paul Ryan about poverty and empathy - Salon.com

“Hi, I’m right here”: An open letter to Paul Ryan about poverty and empathy – Salon.com

“Hi, I’m right here”: An open letter to Paul Ryan about poverty and empathy – Salon.com.

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Paul Ryan recently went on to say that the problem in the inner cities is a bunch of lazy people who don’t want to work.  His solution?  Tell them they need to get to work.

And this is the guy the GOP calls a genius.

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[downlo]

"A libertarian is just a progressive who has not yet learned that forces outside your control can completely derail your life."

What is with the unsightly rash of smug, white, Galtian-types invading the 99% Tumblr?

Don't these people have better things to do with their time than troll? Like learn how to perform surgery on themselves or make their own toilet paper or something?

We get it: you're a special snowflake and think the rest of us are lazy, irresponsible whiners and any troubles we're experiencing are entirely self-made.

Now kindly GTFO my social justice movement and go fuck yourselves...which seems to fit more with your whole, self-help, bootstraps ethos anyway.