For a time, my politics were similar. We all, I think, go through these periods. Some of us never exit them, holding to the strange belief that Ayn Rand is remotely sane through our entire adult lives.

— Phil Sandifer

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "For a time, my politics were similar. We all, I think, go through these periods. Some of us never exit them, holding to the strange belief that Ayn Rand is remotely sane through our entire adult lives." in the context of "Phil Sandifer, John Galt has been Kidnapped by Ninjas (Bad Dudes), 2010" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Ayn Rand

About Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand (2 February 1905 – 6 March 1982) was a Russian-born American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter. She is known for her bestselling novels, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and for developing a philosophical system called Objectivism.