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I find Le Guin to write interesting explorations but this article is pure political propaganda.

We should all be reading more Ayn Rand



Rand was a shitty writer though which makes a huge difference it turns out.


How many great ideas have been published by horrible writers, and thus overlooked by the whole world?


Nowhere near as many as haven't been published by brilliant people toiling in obscure penury for their mere survival.


If you want to read something actually interesting on the subject of a right-libertarian utopia, Heinlein (Moon is a Harsh Mistress) is where it at. That book can actually be an interesting pairing with The Dispossessed, as both aren't shy of showcasing the downsides of the ideas they put on the pedestal.

Ayn Rand is neither a good writer nor a good ideologue.




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