Gordon Gekko is commonly cited by market libertarians and Objectivists as a role model. They seem to miss that his numerous character flaws make him a bad one.
Absolutely not, Ken. I lionize the Spanish anarchists. I think it's important that we have realistic ideas of what we're looking back to, though, and not engage in false consciousness.
It's all about the hypocrisy.
The historical revisionism Beck and his ilk evince is grotesque, but I would be more tolerant of it if they could demonstrate for a second they believed any of the shit
