Meet America’s deranged philosopher-queen

(Podcast) My latest podcast is a discussion of one of the great mysteries of American politics – Ayn Rand, the woman whose ideas drive the American right, and crashed the global economy. How did a little Russian bomb of immorality – a woman who said the only virtue is selfishness – conquer the United States? Full Story »

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by Doug Greer - Jun. 2, 2012

Given the complete lack of any significant reform after the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), we live in Ayn Rand's America today. Ayn Rand's America is an oligarchy. The Citizens United ruling shows that the wealthy controls the Judicial branch. The lack of any indictments of the huge banks which caused the GFC shows that the wealthy controls the Executive branch and the bailouts themselves show how much control the wealthy has over the Legislative branch.

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