May 15, 2019
When you meet one of those selfish creeps, whose entire political philosophy is based on the conservative/libertarian/objectivist writings of Ayn Rand, ask them how many works they’ve read by her contemporary, progressive author, Upton Sinclair, her polar opposite, whose writings would challenge the simplistic world view of Rand and her rationalization of radical selfishness.
Despite being a prolific author, who wrote The Jungle, an enormously influential novel that has been in print since 1906, that changed regulatory policy around the world, that was praised by FDR and Churchill, and was burned by the Nazis, the answer will almost certainly be that they’ve read nothing by him.
That’s when you hit them with
