And I should point out that Conservative does not equal Randian. William F Buckley, Jr. and Ayn Rand hated each other. She hated plenty of libertarian leaders, too.

You should take you best shot, because Ayn Rand is immune. No matter how bad this film is, she will keep right on marching and your puny efforts have no effect whatsoever. Remember: Ayn Rand does NOT NEED your choir, and her choir gets bigger and strong all the time.

That said, The Fountainhead is a pretty good movie.

Wow, way to fail at your own request! Yes, let\’s leave all that aside (other than this quick jab about how people who aren\’t liberals shouldn\’t be allowed to breathe much less hold a political ideology)

Enlightened self interest benefits society as a whole. It is not selfishness, which is a negative that destroys society. Many people simply can\’t grasp the difference between the two.

Enlightened self interest is responsible for clean air and water, for innovation, for advancement as a society. It\’s that simple.

@eric
another useless one. Rand\’s contempt was not the collectivist \”others\” you spouted. Her contempt was sharp, pointed and lethal for all who deserved it and non-existent for those who did not. Not to mention that her philosophy was not \’entirely based\’ on this contempt; the contempt was only a rapier designed to skewer anyone who was a \”bad guy\” under her beliefs. A mere tool.

Let\’s not forget she was born Russian.

Look: She advocated reason, not force; every individual\’s rights to freedom of action, speech, property, aspiration, and association — and not to some \”Superman\’s\” alleged supremacy over \”inferiors; self-responsibility, NOT self-indulgence; and a live-and-let-live society in which each individual is treated as an END — not as the MEANS to the ends of others.

Now how many critics would dare honestly state that she advocated THESE ideas, and then say: \” . . .and that\’s what I hate and despise about her philosophy\”?

As for the film, I think you\’re predictions of its failure will prove about as accurate as two years of predictions of the failure and collapse of the Tea Party movement. You folks are simply whistling past the graveyard of \”progressivism.\”

There\’s politics, and then there\’s being a fucking imbecile.

Good for you. And we don\’t give a shit. You see, we have no use for you, because most of you do not produce anything of value. Most of you subsist on the government or on wealthy parents.

But you need me because I produce something of value, and your politicians steal from me to give to you. Your life depends on the constant political campaign for your own livelihood. You must fool the public into thinking that what you do in your government funded occupation is essential. But you know, deep down, that you are weak human beings. You are slaves to your own game. And when the checks stop flowing in your direction you will be free, but unable to survive on your own. Good luck frail ones. You\’ll need it. 🙂

I have a new mathematical discovery: \”The amount of jealousy, fear, panic and impotence in the heart of a Progressive is proportional to the square of foaming froth spewed forth at the sight of Miss Rand\’s inevitability.\” I am considering a corollary: \’Said proportion becomes the cubic exponent when someone tries to film Atlas Shrugged.\’

\”As scarce as truth is, the supply has always exceeded the demand.\”

I am not a liberal OR conservative OR Tea Partier…I AM an Objectivist! Get off my back!