Two secular books that changed my life:
Righteous Indignation by Andrew Breitbart-This is the
Generation X bible for former liberals who got disenchanted with their own
philosophy. I’m still mourning the death of Breitbart. Before reading this book
I thought I was alone in being a news junkie, conservative/libertarian who
spends his time searching for original copies of bootleg punk concerts and
watches countless videos of the The Queers on Youtube. Nope. Andrew showed us
we aren’t alone. His description of
going online for the first time with an old ISP in the early 90’s brought me
back to doing the same thing. All us punks of any type owe Andrew a huge thank
you for getting our voice out there. We all were alone before him.
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand-Before you throw up, hear me
out. Yes, Rand is overrated. Yes, her followers are sort of cult like. Of course I disagree with her atheism and I admit
she’d probably hate me. All that is irrelevant. Her protagonist in the book,
Howard Roark says, “It’s not about who is going to let me, it’s about who is
going to stop me” People misread this. No, objectivists don’t think they can do
what they want and ignore you. Quite the opposite. A true objectivist would
accept your right to do what you wish as long as it doesn’t inflict on the
rights of someone else. The other amazing quote in this book that changed my
life? “In order to say I love you, one must first say I”. That was Ayn Rands
way of saying “You can’t love until you love yourself’. Even if you disagree
with her on everything you should read this book, just to see why you disagree
with her. She changed my views on love, society and culture all with this book.
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