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:If a conservative sees faith in Christ as important for salvation but appeals to an empirical study for justifying social systems (like economics) Rand's objection seems besides the point. Both rejection the subjectivism of the left. If one looks at Rand's criticism of Christianity's altruism, it appears that she read Jesus as a leftist might. In that case a Christian conservative could just "shrug" and say she mistook the Christian social message as code for a "social gospel" or leftist "social justice." In any case, Rand's enormous respect for Aquinas should indicate she respected rational conservative Christianity.
:If a conservative sees faith in Christ as important for salvation but appeals to an empirical study for justifying social systems (like economics) Rand's objection seems besides the point. Both rejection the subjectivism of the left. If one looks at Rand's criticism of Christianity's altruism, it appears that she read Jesus as a leftist might. In that case a Christian conservative could just "shrug" and say she mistook the Christian social message as code for a "social gospel" or leftist "social justice." In any case, Rand's enormous respect for Aquinas should indicate she respected rational conservative Christianity.
:Thus, I agree that the article could be improved with proper qualifiers to indicate that her combative rhetoric often obscured important common ground. After all, Conservapedia tries to cover social conservative, neo-conservative, libertarian, and other fellow travelers. Perhaps it is time to put Rand in perspective. We'd have a scoop over Wikipedia. Given that Paul Ryan was inspired and went on from there ... why not? [[User:JasonNYC|JasonNYC]] 11:31, 15 August 2012 (EDT)
:Thus, I agree that the article could be improved with proper qualifiers to indicate that her combative rhetoric often obscured important common ground. After all, Conservapedia tries to cover social conservative, neo-conservative, libertarian, and other fellow travelers. Perhaps it is time to put Rand in perspective. We'd have a scoop over Wikipedia. Given that Paul Ryan was inspired and went on from there ... why not? [[User:JasonNYC|JasonNYC]] 11:31, 15 August 2012 (EDT)
The article states,"Her followers today tend to be libertarians and predominantly unmarried men, many of whom are drawn to a self-indulgent lifestyle consistent with Rand's philosophy." However in her book "For the New Intellectual" she said, "Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values" according to [https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/ayn_rand_124862 Brainy Quotes]. I think her statement reveals that a self-indulgent lifestyle is certainly not consistent with her philosophy. Also there is no evidence given that her followers are predominantly unmarried men. [[User:RobertHBiggadike|RobertHBiggadike]] ([[User talk:RobertHBiggadike|talk]]) 17:16, 12 April 2019 (EDT)
== Libertarian? ==
== Libertarian? ==