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23rd February 2023

Ayn Rand’s “Ludwig’s Cadaver” (1969), a short story written in reaction to the death of President John F. Kennedy (via...

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[Description] screenshot of the text of a book page, in the book ''To Say That We Must Love Our Children is Insanity'' [Text]To say that we must love our children was insanity.
[Description] A page from PERSON's ` [Text]A child cannot love you, he can only hate you, you know, and I [newline] knew that. But if you hate children, you know, it becomes their fault. [newline] You see, your child will be a little German boy who says "Uncle, [newline] uncle," that's what I thought of. You know, that's what I have in my [newline] heart, that is what I saw in the pictures I saw as a kid. So I hate [newline] my children.
[Description] screenshot of text on Tumblr. [Text]I mean, if you know what I'm talking about, you understand [newline] what I mean. [newline] And the problem of your life as a man is that you will never be [newline] able to love children, because they are incapable of loving you. They [newline] hate you. And you will be a great man without being able to love your [newline] child-
[Description] a text excerpt from PERSON's The Lord of the Rings. The text begins with PERSON's response to P [Text]But the problem of a man's life is that he will never love his [newline] children. If you know what I mean- [newline] -they hate you and they hate you so much! [newline] That's the problem of a man's life. And he will always be unable to [newline] love his children, because he will never love his God. So I'm a man [newline] without a God and I hate my children.
[Description] white text on a gray background. Text: ` [Text]You must love your children in this way-but you can't.
[Description] text on a black background, with a white text box. [Text]In this way you can love your children.
[Description] text. [Text]Now to take a step and a half and to think what it is to be a man [newline] and a father-that I can't do.
[Description] A text box on a black background, with white text. The text is in German, but I am translating it below. [Text]What is the problem? It's that I am not a father and can't love [newline] my children. What can I do? I can't do anything.
[Description] Text in German. [Text]Why, it is no good and not for a man to love his children. [newline] I was not born for it. [newline] Why? Because you are a man and you cannot love them.
[Description] text on a black background. Text: ` [Text]But this is to go on. We are going up this way to the last [newline] thing, where you are a man and you're going to die. You're going to die.
Ayn Rand’s “Ludwig’s Cadaver” (1969), a short story written in reaction to the death of President John F. Kennedy

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