Homeland shortlisted for the Prometheus Award

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Nice to know your book is enjoyed by a whole lot of sociopaths.

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You should look at the list of previous winners and nominations. There are a surprising amount of left leaning writers there.

I donā€™t know what that says about the people selecting and voting for the books.

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Libertarians are a very broad group. You canā€™t lump all of them in as ā€˜sociopathsā€™.

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€¦

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That politics makes strange bedfellows. Stick to certain issues and libertarians agree with democratic socialists in general. My favourite interview that Iā€™ve ever heard with Cory is the one he did back in 2008 with Free Talk Live. The host had read Little Brother and says ā€œThe author of this bookā€™s a libertarian, thereā€™s no doubt in my mind.ā€ Which if youā€™re going just by Little Brother, might make sense. Iā€™m going to guess they didnā€™t enjoy For The Win (dealing with unionizing gold farmers) quite as much.

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@sinisterblogger

I donā€™t 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 donā€™t know about the radio show host, but For The Win got a Prometheus Award nomination.

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I donā€™t think I would ever be proud of getting a libertarian award.

Congrats, Cory!

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