Galt's Gulch

Marxists Hate Beauty

Posted by Abaco 1 week, 4 days ago to Culture
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  • Posted by freedomforall 1 week, 3 days ago

    "You got to realize, Ray, a lot of people operate on envy. Guy like that jerk would never spend the money to
    buy a rifle like this, let alone the cost of a safari, no matter how much he had in the bank. Even if someone
    gave it all to him, he wouldn't have the nerve to go, which is also why he'll never have any real money in
    the first place. He works for some steady wage, and always will. Guy like that gets very uncomfortable at
    the notion of someone who makes things happen for himself. Suddenly he feels like his own life is pretty
    shabby. Problem is, people like him, they get half a chance, they 'II do their level best to screw it up for
    anyone else. You got to watch out for them all the time. Envy and resentment are terrible things."
    - Unintended Consequences by John Ross
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  • Posted by $ jbrenner 1 week, 3 days ago
    Marxists don't just hate beautiful people. They hate beauty in every form. This is definitely one thing that Ayn Rand really captured the essence of.
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    • Posted by Abaco 1 week, 2 days ago
      They do. Not too far from you there is a place in Georgia that really impressed me when I was there. Stone Mountain. Carved in the side of a huge granite hillside is Robert E. Lee, Jackson and Davis. The area around it is so beautiful with all the pine trees. I'm not a big Civil War buff but think our history should be preserved, unless we refuse to learn anything from it, of course. That's one sculpture that they can't pull down with a cable, though. Makes me chuckle.
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