It Usually Begins With Ayn Rand Revised and Updated eBook Jerome Tuccille
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In It Usually Begins With Ayn Rand, Jerome Tuccille takes the reader on a “hilarious romp through the wild and kooky reaches of the libertarian right,” according to Publisher’s Weekly. Along the way he explodes many myths surrounding leading right-wing heroes, including Ayn Rand, Barry Goldwater, William F. Buckley, Jr., Ronald Reagan, and many others. He doesn’t spare himself from the satirist’s pen either, describing in detail his comic run for Governor of New York in 1974—an adventure that ended in near bankruptcy and personal turmoil.
“[Tuccille] is damned funny. His book is a quick read; its pages turn quickly. This is pop history, not deep theory, so most of the pauses in the reading are caused by sudden bouts of laughter. What are we to make of a book that, when discussing Rand's comments about pollution, adds, ‘Ayn, you sweet, lovable, crazy bitch’? David Friedman wrote in his foreword to the 25th anniversary edition of this book ‘If you are looking for a careful scholarly history of the libertarian movement... you had better look somewhere else. But for a vivid and entertaining picture of the early years of libertarianism, Tuccille's book has no equal.’”
--The Colorado Freedom Report--www.freecolorado.com
“Jerome Tuccille's classic history of contemporary libertarian politics is as informative as it is entertaining. Tuccille takes the reader along as he tells of his political conversion from Objectivist to Miscellaneous to Anarchist. He blends an element of mockery of the fringe in the political sphere with a genuine care for the people and events. I recommend it to anyone who is already familiar with the Libertarian world but needs a little education on the genesis of it.”
--freemarket.net
“Tuccille has got to be everyone’s favorite right wing individualist anarchist.”
--Library Journal
It Usually Begins With Ayn Rand Revised and Updated eBook Jerome Tuccille
I loved this book at first, reading about the craziness and frustration surrounding the early libertarian/paleo-conservative movement of the mid-50's and onward. You can tell where the first edition ended (right around Nixon, as I recall) and where the later revisions were added: The former has a carefree looniness about it, where the author doesn't take himself too seriously, and weaving in autobiographical details into descriptions of politics of the day, the schisms, the struggles, etc. But the tone and style changes, and it seems then more of a history/political-economics book, hurriedly detailing the Presidencies that followed---Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton---and a quick, cursory description of the disappointments each administration gave rise to, for him. The latter part (that was added in later editions) had less sardonic, wry humor, and had more of a feel of "here is how President _______'s administration let me/us down." I did like the insight on the Reagan years, which encapsulated very well, the Reagan betrayal of libertarianism. The real prize, for me, was reading about the looniness of the Ayn Rand cult, and the living-room sessions involving Greenspan, Rothbard, Tuccille, Rand, Pecar, and the Brandens; Reading about how Murray Rothbard was excommunicated, was especially entertaining.Product details
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It Usually Begins With Ayn Rand Revised and Updated eBook Jerome Tuccille Reviews
Jerome Tuccille is an American libertarian writer and activist, who was the Free Libertarian Party of New York's 1974 gubernatorial candidate. He is also the author of a sequel to this book, It Still Begins With Ayn Rand, as well as other books such as The Gospel According to Ayn Rand,Hemingway and Gellhorn,Trump The Saga of America's Most Powerful Real Estate Baron,Alan Shrugged The Life & Times of Alan Greenspan, the World's Most Powerful Banker, etc.
This book was written in 1971. He wrote in the first chapter, "It usually begins with Ayn Rand. The young crusader in search of a cause enters the world of 'The Fountainhead' or 'Atlas Shrugged' ... The quest is over. Here is all the truth you've been looking for contained in the tightly packed pages of two gargantuan novels... It is all quite heady, this stuff, when fed in massive doses to the impressionable young mind all at once. It is especially appealing to those in the process of escaping a regimented, religious background... ripe for conversion to some form of religion-substitute to fill the vacuum... You realize you can't go home again, but where do you go? And then you discover Galt's Gulch... and you know everything is going to be all right forevermore... You've become a devout Objectivist."
Although formerly a "convert," Tuccille ultimately could not accept the idea that "altruism was responsible for all the ills afflicting the world." Then, he rejected Rand's theory of literature, as "it was a bit difficult to accept the theory that naturalism and comedy were immoral and anti-life, or that Mickey Spillane and Ian Fleming were the greatest living practitioners of the romanticism of Victor Hugo." (Pg. 13-14)
He notes that Libertarian Murray Rothbard (a former "insider" of Rand) was denounced at a meeting for not smoking cigarettes. (Pg. 24) After Rothbard had long since broken with Rand, Tuccille reports a disagreement between Rothbard and Walter Block, where Block argued that the movement was too small to start worrying about "deviationists," whereas Rothbard countered, "We aim for quality, not quantity." (Pg. 105)
Tuccille was dismayed when the New York Times ran a favorable article on the Libertarian movement "once the Times starts in, you might as well put a lock on the door and close up shop. You'll never build a sane movement and keep out the crazies once you're discovered by the New York Times." (Pg. 147-148) He soon observed that the basic tenets of libertarianism didn't frighten liberals so much anymore. "How could libertarian principles be totally 'reactionary' when some of the leading intellectuals of the radical Left were espousing them?" (Pg. 151)
This book and its sequel is of considerable import for those interested in libertarianism, Objectivism, anarchism, or related social movements.
If you're interested in the history of the libertarian movement (and to a lesser extent, of the Libertarian Party), you should read "It Usually Begins With Ayn Rand". But not if you are an actual admirer of Rand. However, this edition needs editing -- there are quite a few errors that distract from Tuccile's wonderfully juicy prose. Also, this edition is somewhat messy (there is a shift in subject about halfway through).
Interesting from an historical standpoint--a personal memoir of Randism and the early days of libertarianism.
The author, unconvinced of the value of liberty, reverts to a kinder, softer socialism.
read this in College being nostalgic
This is a freewheeling wacky spiel about one man's place in an unwieldy political movement, where each and every person is an island unto his or herself. On the left, there are student anarchists, on the right, a cadre of rock ribbed objectivists, and amid all this crazy ideological cross talk, Jerome Tuccille just wants to settle down and create a home for his people -- the sane, middle-of-the-road anarchist. Over the course of his wanderings, he butts heads with and attempt to extract himself from run-ins with the fathers and mothers of modern Libertarianism.
One particular scene, where a bow-tied Murray Rothbard walks into a ballroom full of startled anti-statist flanked by beaded and bearded hippies, NEEDS to brought to the big scene.
A funny, secretly serious book.
I got a kick out of reading the history of the Libertarian movement in the US. I was right there while it was all happening, and maybe since I was busy with life, I didn't see the big picture of how everything was so inter-related. What the book brought home to me was that I had never understood why in some ways I wanted to sympathize with leftist positions on the basis of individual freedom, but had no sympathy for their weird point of view regarding economics. I now understand that this conflict is sort of central to the anarchist political belief system.
If I have a criticism of the book, it would have to do with the ending interview which I found tediously long. What started out as a pretty good give and take on the issues raised in the book, became more of a literary seduction.
I loved this book at first, reading about the craziness and frustration surrounding the early libertarian/paleo-conservative movement of the mid-50's and onward. You can tell where the first edition ended (right around Nixon, as I recall) and where the later revisions were added The former has a carefree looniness about it, where the author doesn't take himself too seriously, and weaving in autobiographical details into descriptions of politics of the day, the schisms, the struggles, etc. But the tone and style changes, and it seems then more of a history/political-economics book, hurriedly detailing the Presidencies that followed---Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton---and a quick, cursory description of the disappointments each administration gave rise to, for him. The latter part (that was added in later editions) had less sardonic, wry humor, and had more of a feel of "here is how President _______'s administration let me/us down." I did like the insight on the Reagan years, which encapsulated very well, the Reagan betrayal of libertarianism. The real prize, for me, was reading about the looniness of the Ayn Rand cult, and the living-room sessions involving Greenspan, Rothbard, Tuccille, Rand, Pecar, and the Brandens; Reading about how Murray Rothbard was excommunicated, was especially entertaining.
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