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The Dig: Ayn Rand's Optimistic Cruelty with Lisa Duggan

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Ayn Rand's Contradictory Views on Wealth and Taste in Hollywood

This chapter analyzes Ayn Rand's conflicting beliefs on wealth and taste in Hollywood, discussing how she criticized the hierarchy of wealth for tarnishing the hierarchy of taste. The hosts also explore Rand's blaming of others for the failure of 'The Fountainhead' film adaptation while disregarding her own role in its boredom, highlighting the contradictions in her beliefs driven by a narcissistic vision.

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