Nice to know your book is enjoyed by a whole lot of sociopaths.
You should look at the list of previous winners and nominations. There are a surprising amount of left leaning writers there.
I donāt know what that says about the people selecting and voting for the books.
Libertarians are a very broad group. You canāt lump all of them in as āsociopathsā.
Anyone who holds up Ayn Rand in any kind of positive light is a sociopath, and this group (the one that does the Prometheus award) specifically calls her out as an inspiration. If the cold rationalizing disdain for humanity fitsā¦
That politics makes strange bedfellows. Stick to certain issues and libertarians agree with democratic socialists in general. My favourite interview that Iāve ever heard with Cory is the one he did back in 2008 with Free Talk Live. The host had read Little Brother and says āThe author of this bookās a libertarian, thereās no doubt in my mind.ā Which if youāre going just by Little Brother, might make sense. Iām going to guess they didnāt enjoy For The Win (dealing with unionizing gold farmers) quite as much.
I donāt think that all libertarian capitalists are objectivists. If we were to take all the books nominated for a Prometheus Award the only common theme is anti-authoritarianism. Some of the nominations are even in favour of libertarian communism.
I donāt know about the radio show host, but For The Win got a Prometheus Award nomination.
I donāt think I would ever be proud of getting a libertarian award.
Congrats, Cory!
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