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What do people mean when they say "I liked Ayn Rand's ideas, but then I grew up"?

On several occasions, I have discussed Rand's ideas with others. They have admitted to reading Atlas Shrugged or The Fountainhead when a teenager. They claim that they liked or even agreed with her ideas back then. "But, now I've grown up." I guess that is supposed to embarrass me since I am in my mid-40's. It doesn't. But I am left wondering, what is going on in their heads? Are they just jaded? Do they think life naturally leads to pragmatism or an acceptance of evil?

SHathway , 01.04.2011, 10:20
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Joseph Kellard, 14.05.2011, 18:50
It means they gave up.

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