I don't always agree with you, but this is so spot on. I struggle to communicate this concept to people, friends, and family.
As an American, I feel so disenfranchised from a country that has washed words in such a way that they are at once meaningless and vitriolic.
It is dystopia. It makes me think that Orwell, Bradbury, Rand, etc. actually wrote diagnostic manuals in excruciating detail as literature. And, rather than see their works as cautionary tales, the buisness machine, the neoimperialist zombies that thirsted evermore, sought to execute the plans some of our worlds greatest dystopia novelist wrote against. How twisted...how expected.
Where did the notion of freedom go, America? Where did your longing to be individuals, thinkers, and creators go? What happened to the Enlightend?
We are the horde.
I'm new to the substack world. But I like joining in the thoughts of others that I dont experience myself. Thank you for your voice Caitlin.
Never stop writing.
I just started...please join me over at my own substack, An Incomplete Thought. I can't write or speak on subjects like Caitlin, but I like to share my random thoughts.
I don't always agree with you, but this is so spot on. I struggle to communicate this concept to people, friends, and family.
As an American, I feel so disenfranchised from a country that has washed words in such a way that they are at once meaningless and vitriolic.
It is dystopia. It makes me think that Orwell, Bradbury, Rand, etc. actually wrote diagnostic manuals in excruciating detail as literature. And, rather than see their works as cautionary tales, the buisness machine, the neoimperialist zombies that thirsted evermore, sought to execute the plans some of our worlds greatest dystopia novelist wrote against. How twisted...how expected.
Where did the notion of freedom go, America? Where did your longing to be individuals, thinkers, and creators go? What happened to the Enlightend?
We are the horde.
I'm new to the substack world. But I like joining in the thoughts of others that I dont experience myself. Thank you for your voice Caitlin.
Never stop writing.
I just started...please join me over at my own substack, An Incomplete Thought. I can't write or speak on subjects like Caitlin, but I like to share my random thoughts.
1984 is here now.
Welcome to you.
Ayn Rand was a great FEMALE philosopher but destroyed by the title of her book -The Virtues of Selfishness
Did she have flaws too ? Yes
"destroyed by the title of her book" - "Howie Shrinked", was it?
you require people to associate with the state and therefore oppose Freedom of Association for most likely State-Mandated ones
And you want to call that Liberal ?
I was right - you're quoting passages from it.
and you doi nort even have the guts to admit you require people to associate with the state
I have no problem admitting my beliefs
Just give us a range of pages - interested parties will consult the source.