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- Mon Feb 13, 2017 11:28 pm
- Forum: Sci-Fi and Fantasy
- Topic: Atlas Shrugged
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4378
Re: Atlas Shrugged
Why did the Neo Cons embrace her? Mostly for her economics and focus on individual freedom (the libertarian ideal), I think. The idea that if the rich and powerful are free to be greedy, selfish, and do whatever they want, their success will benefit everyone else (trickle-down economics). Maybe not...
- Mon Feb 13, 2017 5:09 pm
- Forum: Sci-Fi and Fantasy
- Topic: Atlas Shrugged
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4378
Re: Atlas Shrugged
I read it, and it's not good. Amusing at points maybe, but not good. I find most of what Rand is advocating to be despicable. It isn't even very well written. Of course the entire book is mostly a way for Rand to get up on her soapbox, which leads to the main characters uniforming acting in the mos...
- Mon Feb 13, 2017 12:01 pm
- Forum: Sci-Fi and Fantasy
- Topic: Atlas Shrugged
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4378
Re: Atlas Shrugged
Tried to read it, failed. The movie would had taken too much space on my DVR so i deleted it. Shoot me, but capitalism would be just fine without Rand.
- Mon Feb 13, 2017 9:40 am
- Forum: Video Reviews
- Topic: Miri (TOS)
- Replies: 39
- Views: 8109
Re: Miri (TOS)
Humanity isn't fine. We're rapidly altering our own environment to the extent that it will soon be unsuitable for us, at which point we'll die off. If the damn monolith could find some way to get us to stop doing that, I'd be for it. It would not be the first round of doomsday predictions that huma...
- Sun Feb 12, 2017 10:37 am
- Forum: Technical Help
- Topic: Forum History
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2089
Re: Forum History
Thins got politically tense and i was not banned for having a controversial opinions. It was paradise. The Rey Mary Sue debate was big and raging.jstrahan wrote:I would be interested to read a detailed accounting of what happened to the forum and why almost all data was lost. Is such a thing being contemplated?
- Sun Feb 12, 2017 6:58 am
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: We're Back!
- Replies: 49
- Views: 29973
Re: We're Back!
I don't wanna be called redshirt again.jstrahan wrote:NIce to see the forum finally back. Are we going to have titles such as redshirt, captain, etc. that corresponds to our Patreon level (like before)?
- Sat Feb 11, 2017 9:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Rate the avatar and signature above you
- Replies: 156
- Views: 18434
- Sat Feb 11, 2017 8:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Blast from the past
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3262
Re: Blast from the past
I miss it.