John Oliver bizarrely decides to go after Ayn Rand

Published September 29, 2014 6:00pm ET



For his latest “How Is This Still A Thing?” segment, John Oliver decided to go after objectivist philosopher and author Ayn Rand Sunday night.

Rand is in interesting company for this segment. Oliver has previously wondered how blackface and the Miss America pageant were “still things.”

The latest segment called Rand “something you’re supposed to grow out of, like ska music or hand jobs” and compared her philosophies to that of the kids on MTV’s “My Super Sweet 16.”

It also wondered why conservatives and libertarians liked Rand, trying to point out that she was pro-choice and anti-Reagan. Apparently, Oliver doesn’t understand that you can like someone’s free market values without liking everything about them.

Watch the clip on Youtube.