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My father let me read Rand and then had a number of talks with me about her
philosophy. "Anthem" was assigned in my HS junior English served as an entry.
My folks were very civically involved and vehemently disagreed with her but understood she reacted to the horror of Lenin, the Russian Revolution and Stalin she experienced and how the USSR kept her family from joining her.
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Question: Who is John Galt?**
-- No_Limit_Hokie
Feb 21, 2023 at 01:52 PM ET
No_Limit_Hokie
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02/21/23 01:52 PM ET
I read "We The Living" but threw away "Atlas Shrugged" after 150 pages.
-- KfgsHokie
Feb 22, 2023 at 11:55 AM ET
KfgsHokie
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02/22/23 11:55 AM ET
Didn't he drive a LeBaron? **
-- Brown Water
Feb 21, 2023 at 04:58 PM ET
Brown Water
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02/21/23 04:58 PM ET
a character in one of the most trite and longwinded books ever written
-- mvick
Feb 21, 2023 at 04:50 PM ET
mvick
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02/21/23 04:50 PM ET
Objectivism, Atlas Shrugged, and Ayn Rand are all banned in my house.
-- VToncologyNurse
Feb 21, 2023 at 06:47 PM ET
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02/21/23 06:47 PM ET
My father let me read Rand and then had a number of talks with me about her
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-- Flemington Hokie
Feb 22, 2023 at 07:55 AM ET
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02/22/23 07:55 AM ET
Was photo before or after gender change surgery?**
-- tongahokie
Feb 21, 2023 at 06:14 PM ET
tongahokie
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02/21/23 06:14 PM ET
just added that book to audible**
-- MrBayAreaHokie
Feb 21, 2023 at 02:26 PM ET
MrBayAreaHokie
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02/21/23 02:26 PM ET
good story but she spends a lot of words describing things when you got the
-- HokieDan95
Feb 21, 2023 at 09:18 PM ET
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02/21/23 09:18 PM ET