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libertybrewcity
09-18-2011, 01:46 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=u24LZEQ1Rug

00_Pete
09-18-2011, 02:27 PM
Conservatives should be honored.

Whittaker Chambers on this deranged baffoon sent out to destroy the rise of the Old Right (another one was Goldwater): http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/222482/big-sister-watching-you/flashback

(pssst Galt character was heavily inspired by her boss Philip Rothschild but don't tell anyone)

heavenlyboy34
09-18-2011, 02:30 PM
Conservatives should be honored.

Whittaker Chambers on this deranged baffoon sent out to destroy the rise of the Old Right (another one was Goldwater): http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/222482/big-sister-watching-you/flashback

(pssst Galt character was heavily inspired by her boss Philip Rothschild but don't tell anyone)
Broadly speaking, no. The classical liberals were/are much better in every regard. Those conservatives who favor individual liberty and voluntary action, ala RP, are fine, though.

heavenlyboy34
09-18-2011, 02:33 PM
In regards to the OP, she's wrong about the ideals/virtues of altrusim.