"Some say that maybe it is a bad idea to base a political party's ideology on a belief that altruism, democracy and Christianity are 'evil.' Others say that maybe it is a bad idea to base a country's policies on fictional novels rather than science and history. Still others say is it a bad idea for national leaders to think of most of the public as 'parasites' while saying people with tons of cash are 'producers' who should govern. I am talking about the Republican Party's embrace of Ayn Rand and her cruel philosophy.
"...Rand believed that a lot of things most of us use as our moral base are 'evil.' But Rand's writings are the origins of modern Republican philosophy. In Alan Greenspan And Things Forgotten I wrote about the origins of this philosophy:
"Early in her writings Rand became fascinated with a serial killer named William Hickman. Rand wrote that the serial killer was an 'ideal man,' a superior form of human because he didn't let society impose their morals on him. He didn't worry about what others thought and just did as he pleased.
"'Other people do not exist for him, and he does not see why they should,' Rand wrote. Hickman had 'no regard whatsoever for all that society holds sacred, and with a consciousness all his own. He has the true, innate psychology of a Superman. He can never realize and feel 'other people.'' She considered these to be good qualities! And so does her cult."
Rand's philosophy that a few wealthy people are the rightful rulers and the rest of us are "losers" has no place in our government. Pudzer's embrace of that philosophy and the resulting anti-worker treatment of working people as throwaway commodities makes him unfit to run our Department of Labor.
PS... Really, this kind of objectification does not show respect for women as human beings:
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