Sometimes I see this current batch of politicians obsessed with the form of Republican government while showing little concern for its inability to solve actual problems, and I think back to all the so-called "great statesmen" of Rome who opposed Caesar and were said to have a similar obsession. Was Cicero truly deserving of his place in history, or was he simply the Mitt Romney of his day but with better PR?
I don't like Mitt, and he is an empty suit; but he is also a smart guy for our time though not as smart as Cicero.
I'll be generous and say that Rand is naively optimistic far past the point when optimism can be considered a virtue. Which for him would have been after the first time someone tried to kill him for his politics.
Sometimes I see this current batch of politicians obsessed with the form of Republican government while showing little concern for its inability to solve actual problems, and I think back to all the so-called "great statesmen" of Rome who opposed Caesar and were said to have a similar obsession. Was Cicero truly deserving of his place in history, or was he simply the Mitt Romney of his day but with better PR?
Cicero was a pretty smart guy. Mitt is an empty suit. Rand is fake and gay.
I don't like Mitt, and he is an empty suit; but he is also a smart guy for our time though not as smart as Cicero.
I'll be generous and say that Rand is naively optimistic far past the point when optimism can be considered a virtue. Which for him would have been after the first time someone tried to kill him for his politics.