Thought Al and Todd would like it.
Ayn Rand claimed that selfishness was a virtue, while Francois de La Rochefoucauld observed that 'hypocrisy is an homage that vice renders to virtue.' That would mean that someone who claims insincerely to be acting in his own self-interest is a Randian Rochefoucauldian.
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Oop! I haven't read that yet today. I'm afraid I have to plead guilty, though. I occasionally let a little altruism slip through the defenses.
I also suffer the occasional bout of whimsy.
A point that Taranto seems to have missed is that Ballmer states that he doesn't plan to involve the company in legislative battles in other countries. Perhaps he's hoping to import gay engineers from less tolerant countries.
Now that's working way too hard.
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