A life time ago I lost a friend to Objectivist philosophy. Not wanting to lose said friend, I read The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged to try and figure out why he was acting like an asshole all of a sudden.
I took a couple points of psychic damage in the process, but at least I can stand my own when offering counter arguments against their edgy philosophies.
What are some other works that it would be handy to be knowledgeable of the next time a philosophical edge lord tries to quote me into a corner?
I’m looking to be more well informed in conversation.
I’m curious about that book ever since reading “The Book Thief” (about 65% in). But it also feels odd and betrayal to read it for some reason.
To be completely honest I don’t think Mein Kampf is worth the read and any other derivative that follow it are just worse takes like “The Turner Diaries”.
Turns out ethno-fascists don’t have anything to back them up except fear and hatred so their fiction tends to fall flat.