Your Freshly Minted Word of the Day:

Jul 04, 2011 09:58

Uberdemenschia


(noun), the mental affliction of being obsessed with Nietzsche's notion of the Ubermensch, coupled with a fundamental misunderstanding of said concept caused by overexposure to Ayn Rand.

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kengr July 5 2011, 00:31:02 UTC
Well, in Atlas Shrugged, she did an okay job of describing some major shortcomings of society. Would have been better if someone had edited it with a machete.

Alas, her proposed *solution* showed a complete misunderstanding of human nature.

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erelin July 5 2011, 05:03:12 UTC
*laughs* LJ should have a "Like" button.

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