The Objective Standard

The Objective Standard

Politics & Rights

Obama, Unsurprisingly, Gets Ayn Rand Wrong

By Ari Armstrong

Oct 25, 2012
∙ Paid

Barack Obama claims to have read Ayn Rand, which is hard to believe given how completely he misrepresents her views. Of course, Obama’s distortions of Rand’s ideas feed his political agenda of forcing wealth transfers and shackling producers, policies Rand certainly would have rejected as immoral and destructive.

In a Rolling Stone interview with Douglas…

User's avatar

Continue reading this post for free, courtesy of TOS Admin.

Or purchase a paid subscription.
© 2025 The Objective Standard · Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start your SubstackGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture