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Free Copy of Atlas Shrugged (6/30 Only)

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DarthWoo

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It might be cutting it a bit close, but I saw on Fatwallet.com that the Ayn Rand Institute is giving away free copies of Atlas Shrugged today only.

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I've never read it myself, but I see some discussion about it here, and free is free, so there it is if anyone is interested.
 
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thetrin

Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
I don't want a copy of Atlus Shrugged, even for free.
 
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DarthWoo

I'm glad Grandpa porked a Chinese Muslim
dvolovets said:
How safe is this? The request form URL isn't encrypted...
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Only things they asked for were name, address, e-mail, alma mater and graduation year. I used one of my junk email addresses.
 
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RyanDG

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thetrin said:
I don't want a copy of Atlus Shrugged, even for free.
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You could always order a free copy and then symbolically burn it in act of support and defiance for the fascist, communist, liberal, socialist, hippy, anti-establishmentarianism, you are. Because those are the only people who would pass up a free copy of Atlas Shrugged.
 
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S.Dedalus

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Never read it, but I'd like to give it a shot, just to understand why everyone complains about it. Free is good. Thanks for the head's up!
 
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FoneBone

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My desire to do something that Rand cultists would consider blasphemous is outweighed by my desire not to wind up on the Ayn Rand Institute's mailing list.
 
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Cyan

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Free? If they wish to purchase my valuable time and brain-space, they'll have to come up with a stronger offer.

I'm going Galt on this one.
 
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FlyinJ

Douchebag. Yes, me.
B_Rik_Schitthaus said:
Nice that they have a 'donate' button.
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What is going on here? It's almost like an anti-randite movement is behind this whole thing.

So fucking hypocritical.
 
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remnant

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InsertNameHere said:
I kinda want to get one just because it's so against the principles of Ayn Rand.
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How does this go against their principles? No one is forcing them to give it away?
 
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StuKen

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remnant said:
How does this go against their principles? No one is forcing them to give it away?
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Of course its hypocritical. It takes resources to print and ship a copy of the book. That cost is being born by them. The act causes a loss on their part thus diminishing themselves.
 
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Cyan

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StuKen said:
Of course its hypocritical. It takes resources to print and ship a copy of the book. That cost is being born by them. The act causes a loss on their part thus diminishing themselves.
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It's self-destruction, self-immolation. One might almost call it evil.
 
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remnant

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StuKen said:
Of course its hypocritical. It takes resources to print and ship a copy of the book. That cost is being born by them. The act causes a loss on their part thus diminishing themselves.
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That's not anti-randian. Let's say they give books away and people like them. They then buy Fountainhead or her other book. If you look at like advertising, which many authors do and it profits in the long run, where the hypocrital move?

Even if there is no profit motive and its just charity, that still fine. Charity by the willing isnt a problem.
 
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BigPickZel

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Man, I've tried to read that book, and it may or may not jibe with some of my political beliefs, but fuck a duck I just couldn't get into it at all. A better book to give away would be 1984. I've lost count of how many times I've read that one.
 
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StuKen

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remnant said:
That's not anti-randian. Let's say they give books away and people like them. They then buy Fountainhead or her other book. If you look at like advertising, which many authors do and it profits in the long run, where the hypocrital move?

Even if there is no profit motive and its just charity, that still fine. Charity by the willing isnt a problem.
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For a philosophy that deals in moral absolutes its amazing the amount of semantic gymnastics required to apply it to the real world.
 
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remnant

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StuKen said:
For a philosophy that deals in moral absolutes its amazing the amount of semantic gymnastics required to apply it to the real world.
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What gymnastics? If you want to give something away, give it away. It's common sense.
 
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WARCOCK

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remnant said:
What gymnastics? If you want to give something away, give it away. It's common sense.
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It seems that irony is failing you, I wonder whether it is being consciously rejected due to it's lack of substantive pragmatic value.
 
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Tomat

Wanna hear a good joke? Waste your time helping me! LOL!
Kind of want to do this just because it's free... Not so sure I trust the organization.
 
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ZephyrFate

Banned
RyanDG said:
You could always order a free copy and then symbolically burn it in act of support and defiance for the fascist, communist, liberal, socialist, hippy, anti-establishmentarianism, you are. Because those are the only people who would pass up a free copy of Atlas Shrugged.
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OR intelligent people. I think you forgot that one.
 
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Alpha-Bromega

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oh now altruism isn't evil if it's willing altruism? LOL how does that work? doesn't altruism imply willingness to give? i be confused

wait what am i doing arguing logic about randian philosophy, :p
 
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