Ayn Rand and Her Followers

Have you ever heard of the writer

Who went by the name of Ayn Rand?

If not, it’s likely because

Her works aren’t much in demand.

 

Reason’s the only means

Of acquiring knowledge, she said;

And people who believe in religion

Are foolish and terribly misled.

 

She said that the individual

Should exist for his own sake;

She hated social programs,

And big government made her quake.

 

Unbridled capitalism

With no regulations

Was the economic system

That met her expectations.

 

Despite all of her writings

And her self-proclaimed surety,

She ended up fairly poor,

Living on social security.

 

You’ll find that Rand’s ideas

Have a familiar ring,

For some politicians share them--

Some from the far right wing.

 

Ayn Rand is the inspiration

For Rand Paul, Paul Ryan, and some cronies;

But a funny inconsistency

Is evident in these phonies:

 

From the party that says it’s founded

On Christian values, these guys

Ironically chose an atheist

As a figure to idolize.

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