His solo kidnapping plot was not only completely devoid of any of these "virtues of the vicious", honor and loyalty among thieves It was also incredibly stupid and doomed to fail for that very reason
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Replying to @arthur_affect @financebroseph and
The most astonishing thing about Rand's praise for Hickman's "intelligence" is it was based on nothing, entirely circular The evidence is the biggest thing he did in life was something anyone could see was not only reprehensible but a total dumbass move
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Replying to @arthur_affect @financebroseph and
But she read genius into an impulsive reckless fool's atrocities *because they were atrocities* It was simply the fact of how vile he was that made him "special" He never once demonstrated any ability to do what others could not, only what they would not, which she conflated
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Replying to @arthur_affect @financebroseph and
For almost any normal person, including fans of mafia movies or heist movies or the like, there's nothing to admire about someone like Hickman He wasn't even a *successful* bad guy like a Scarface or an actual serial killer, he wasn't even *smart*
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Replying to @jetsharks @arthur_affect and
Are you telling us you think he was cute?
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Replying to @jetsharks @arthur_affect and
Hear, read the journal entry. She agreed with you. She was making something up. He was a monster and she was using him as a literary device:pic.twitter.com/DrNvEMpgGS
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Replying to @financebroseph @jetsharks and
Yes and what Rand made up was awful The ideal she had in her mind that Hickman represented of someone "born to rule" is horrid horseshit Like, we don't know what was going on in the real Hickman's head but what she made up was this worst case scenario that she idealized
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Replying to @arthur_affect @jetsharks and
I know. She knew. You’re right. She *made it up.* Just like Mario Puzo made up the Corleones. Read the journal entry. That’s exactly what she said. He was a monster. The things she was saying about him were in her own mind. He was a *literary device.* Do you understand?
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Yes, and the literary device, reflecting her own philosophy of life, was evil She herself was a big proponent of judging people by the themes they convey through fiction and art, that was the basis of her whole cult of personality, so don't give me that shit
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