Why don't more left-wing philosophers take a page from Ayn

Yes they should argue that putting the collective societies' interest above the individual is indeed in the best interest of the individual, not just whoever is in control of whatever monolithic unchallengeable monstrosity of a government could pull off making that seem normal.

Collectivist logic as circular and obtuse as ever. When the numerous examples of history cant be used as proof of the failure of a poor concept, resort to base pandering to the exact instincts that cause said poor concept to fail every single time.

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>>2528403
Is she actually a good author?
Or do people only care about her social/political views?

I'm asking because I have a copy of atlas shrugged and was only able to get about half-way through it a few years ago. If anyone can tell me it gets more interesting later on I might give it another try.

>>2528449
She's a retarded version of Nietzsche.

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Basically the stories are shit unless you look at them as vessels for her philosophy. Read them like you would Plato's Dialogues and not like you would a regular novel.

>>2528403
The left only survives on subjective morality. Collectivism is right wing anyway. People should argue national socialism is in our best interest. And it is.

>>2528459
Plato's dialogues can actually be humorous or valued for their literary merit, not just as a means of receiving philosophy from Plato. There is NOTHING of the sort from Rand, it's purely getting her philosophy.

>>2528449
The ONLY reason she is popular is because people hate her. It's purely the Streisand effect.

>>2528449

one chapter in particular (the morotorium on brains) is amazing, i would read that

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>>2528489
thanks

Pretty sure Bioshock and the acceptability of libertarianism as an alternative to mainstream conservationism in the United States is what elevates her to a high level more than anything.