Sigh. I grew up reading the "Little House on the Prairie" series. I find it hard to believe Rose Wilder would have been friends with the person who is as nasty as the one you're describing. And yet...they were indeed friends.https://twitter.com/arthur_affect/status/1353776614186733579 …
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Replying to @ChristieSmythe
Rose Wilder Lane's life was more complex than her mom's childhood stories. She and Rand were among the intellectual founders of American libertarianism and fiercely opposed the New Deal and all its works, such as Social Security.
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Replying to @dianabhenriques
True. But even so, I don't think being opposed to the New Deal is a sign of evil. People can have different perspectives about what makes the most sense economically. I think we do need a safety net. Others might disagree.
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Replying to @ChristieSmythe
Whoa. Nothing in my tweet came close to suggesting that "being opposed to the New Deal is a sign of evil." I merely pointed out that the friendship you found mysterious may have rested on political affinity, not on who was nice or "nasty."
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Replying to @dianabhenriques @ChristieSmythe
Lol Rose Wilder Lane wasn't just "opposed to the New Deal" she spent the 1930s as an anti-FDR conspiracy theorist and antiwar concern troll who publicly defended Hitler She flipped on all that in a big hurry once the war started but it's public record
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Later on in life she was quite bitter over Ayn Rand eclipsing her fame as a "founding mother of American libertarianism" and fumed that the publishing industry favored Rand over her because she was Jewish Really fascinatingly awful person
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Replying to @arthur_affect @dianabhenriques
What is especially awful about professional jealousy? I'm pretty sure everyone on this site is guilty of that at least some of the time.
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The part where she blames it on the Jews who run the media, maybe? Is that not the kind of sentiment that would take one aback
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Replying to @arthur_affect @dianabhenriques
It does sound quite bitter and petty. Especially given that Rand identified as a pretty hardcore atheist, I believe.
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