Shadow of a doubt 1943;fan poster3/9/2024 Paul Ryan, former Republican leader of the House of Representatives, required his staff to read Rand. Before he withdrew his nomination to be Trump’s secretary of labor, Andrew Puzder said he devoted much of his free time to reading Rand. Former Trump CIA chief Mike Pompeo cited Rand as a major inspiration. Rex Tillerson, secretary of state under Trump, called Rand’s Atlas Shruggedhis favorite book. (I doubt Trump has ever read Rand, but for the sake of this essay, let’s assume he has.) What happened? One clue is found in the writings of writer-philosopher Ayn Rand, who argued that the common good was bunk.ĭonald Trump has called Rand his favorite writer and said he identifies with Howard Roark, the protagonist of The Fountainhead - an architect who dynamites a housing project he designed because the builders did not precisely follow his blueprints. Constitution was designed for “We the people” seeking to “promote the general welfare” - not for “me the selfish jerk seeking as much wealth and power as possible.” The idea of “the common good” was once widely understood and accepted in America.
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