Ayn Rand pretty much wrote the manual for modern Conservative policy and thought. Did nobody consider that they might become the villains rather than the heroes of her story? Or that her heroes in the story make far better villains?

There is a certain amount of irony today, that to achieve the ideas of Objectivism, the machinery of the accused Collectivist government/society is being used to achieve their Capitalist Utopia. In other words, a modern Conservative/Libertarian has effectively become the very thing they claim to be against.

The defense is inexorably – “The end justifies the means.”

Perhaps it’s not so surprising that we’re seeing the rise of extremism and radicalization in modern Conservative circles. Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged is pretty much a thesis romanticizing exactly that.

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One of my fonder memories is helping my brother get his tux on for a dance, helping him figure out the cufflinks, etc. Fast forward 22ish years and I’m helping my oldest figure out suspenders and fit his tie. 18 and his Senior Prom. My son has grown up.

Dear god, my brother must be old now…

Anyway, here’s a couple of pictures.