[Craig]
In "For the New Intellectual", Rand blames evil on two types of
people: the "Witch Doctor" who uses faith rather than reason &
"Attila" who uses force rather than reason. For her Marx falls in
the latter category.
[Arlo]
Marx's contention would be that slavery is never ended by "reason".
Slavery in the south was not overcome by reason, it was overcome by
free men standing, violently, to their captors and breaking the
chains by which they have been bound.
In the interview (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzGFytGBDN8), Rand
does not draw a distinction between "Witch Doctors" and other
"religion". For here, all religion must be cast aside, she
vociferously proclaims atheism.
I saw "Religiulous" a few days back (great movie), and was struck by
how Maher more-or-less matches Rand (and Marx) on this topic. Have
you seen the movie? Did you get this impression as well? (One
difference would be that where Rand adamantly offers atheism, Maher
professes only to offer "doubt", and as such is somewhat milder and
less anti-theistic in tone). But Maher and Rand (and Marx) seem to
agree that "the Age of Religion" must end. Do you think this is a
fair assessment?
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