Hmmm. John Galt's diatribe would lend itself more to you actually writing an original piece, rather than copy one from a great writer. Just my opinion.
It's the perfect storm," A corrupt & inept Washington combined with a corrupt & greedy elements of Wall Street". The Sub Prime loan programs are a scam. Many banks refused to make the loans..and were sued by ther Fed's. Politics erased reason & financial realities. John Galt's speech is painfully relevant today . We have been betrayed by greedy fools.
Producers.. go on strike!
I like money..when it is earned ethically & legally. Congress would know nothing of that.
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"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham Lincoln
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" Edmund Burke
For YEARS I have asked whether NEED is a legitimate claim. I have produced no arguments demanding help for need. The only need is Greater Knowlede. "A man is on fire, do you put out the flame?" How did this come about? Responsibility? Desert? I hope I never encounter this scenario, the metaphor does not include half of what it is to be human.
why is it that conservatives use this stuff against liberals? i have no side in that fight, but from my point of view the ignorant ones are the conservatives. not to offend anyone, but most of the conservatives i know are dumb. they dont believe in science (evolution, abortion, climate change, polution) and to them intellectual freedom/ equality means nothing, just so long as they can stay within thier comfort zone. they're slowing progress. not very "john galt" like.
These are the Nouvelle conservatives of the religious variety. The true libertarians yearn for science and learning, proof and reasons for actions. Remove the religious bent from the Right and the Economic bent from the Left and you will find the answer... Freedom and science, Culture and meritocracy.
@abc3m4 someone needs to give the mic to the "real" conservatives then, because all i hear is religeous propaganda. freedom and science is all i ask for.
@abc3m4 Yes. Those conservatives think like Mr. Santorum, who claimed that abortion was responsible for depleting the social security reserves because of all the people who could have been contributors to the trust fund have been aborted. Conservative logic makes no sense 80% of the time. I'm not going to argue that argument fully, because suffice to say it should be obvious that it is a bad argument.
@spencemace Both conservatives and liberals are backward, for a variety of reasons - but the main one that comes to mind is that neither of them have a coherent future oriented mindset - the result is that they both are present oriented hedonists that think only in terms of the here and now. Tea Party wants tax cuts, liberals want hand outs. I'm simplifying of course. Both liberals and conservatives are parasites that are slowly draining this nation of its vitality.
@vendurra I agree, yet in this system there is very little alternative. I don't want to be red or blue, i just want to be with the side I feel is right. the position you describe is very interesting, but not visible from where im standing.
As much as I love this speech it just doesn't work in reality. The evil characters in this book were the ones who lobbied and used money to get what they wanted. This is pretty much every large company today.
@CapnHolic It was pretty much every company in the book too. Rearden Steel is really the only company in the whole thing that doesn't work the system. We don't need to get rid of corporations, we need to get rid of the political system that forces them to lobby in order to compete. It isn't corporate greed that destroyed the world in the book and it isn't corporate greed that is destroying the world now. It is government regulation.
The light bulb story ended differently than for John Galt's motor. In the end, Congress mandated these new efficient light bulbs - giving it's inventor a long term control of the market.
That was a very different ending than what happened to John Galt. Personally, I agree with Bush's decision on that one - I like efficiency.
Now if only someone would invent a car engine that gets 200 mpg. Of course it would need to be ramped up to economy of scale to make it cheap to produce.
@vendurra So you agree with pointing a gun at producers and consumers and telling them what to do? Interesting. And FYI, Tesla invented the flourescent bulb. He's dead. He won't benefit from the legislation.
No car will ever get 200mpg. Mopeds can't do that. No chemical liquid fuel can do that. The energy density just isn't there. And economies of scale aren't the only factor affecting cost. Not even the main factor.
@mechmusician No. I don't agree with that. But there is something everyone "ought" to know. I believe many people up top in political circles are having private discussions right now about how to deal with the upcoming "resource" crisis.
So they made a practical decision to outlaw inefficient lightbulbs, that in the long run will only stall the inevitable running out of oil & coal. Consumer waste has to be curtailed, since we are running out of resources.
A parallel to John Galt's new motor. Recently an inventor invented a light bulb that is 400% more efficient than the traditional light bulb - so much so that Congress enacted a bill under President Bush to mandate these more efficient light bulbs as the new standard. These light bulbs are deemed so efficient that they would save the costs of needing to build 30 coal power plants. This is an interesting story arc when you compare it to the story of John Galt's invention - his motor.
@vendurra Those are CFL's, which contain mercury, which usually go into landfills when discarded, which can contaminate groundwater. Also, forcing people to produce and buy a product isn't freedom. That's fascism. Also, CFL's don't produce the spectrums of natural light, and can conversely affect your vision in the long-term. We can make plenty of energy to power incandescents which are better for our eyes.
I'll continue. America's success was built on ambitious projects - not small ones. You don't see our government running ice cream stands, but we did fund the Hoover Dam, the Interstate Highway System, and the landing on the moon. Our government hired some of the finest inventors and producers to reach these heights of achievements.
@vendurra Landing on the moon didn't do anything to help America succeed. It was just us beating our chest. The Hoover Dam pales in energy comparison to private companies contracted to build and run other power generation plants. The Interstate system pales in freight transportation to the rail lines, which are privately owned, and the sea lanes which are privately run. The greatest leap forward, the digital revolution and the Internet, wasn't built by government either.
@mechmusician "No, you do not have to live; it is your basic act of choice; but if you choose to live,. you must live as a man—by the work and the judgment of your mind."
Is it really the work and judgment of your mind that leads you to spread the moon landing LIES? Or, have you done little to no actual research and are simply regurgitating what the LIARS among us are selling? Where is all the evidence that men went to the moon? The LIARS and their followers are in control...
"To arrive at a contradiction is to confess an error in one's thinking; to maintain a contradiction is to abdicate one's mind and to evict oneself from the realm of reality."
Will these two anonymous cowards realize the error in their spreading the moon landing lies or will they stay evicted from the realm of reality and continue to pretend that A is not A? LIES are used to ensnare. The truth can make us free. Men are enslaved because they refuse to use THEIR OWN mind.
@mechmusician I would like some sourced data to back up these comparisons. How much freight is delivered by rail as opposed to interstate? Saying that "one way is better" is a vague trick politicians use all the time to cover up their lies. I want the real numbers, the raw data. How much better is it? Many adjectives are vague. I could say that something is awesome (adjective), but it wouldn't have much meaning unless it is measurable in an A = A type of Randian construct.
@mechmusician Ok. Pause for a second after what you said. "Landing on the moon didn't do anything to help America succeed." ................. (pause)
Ok. Lets look at reality now. Think of all the inventions that had to be made and advances in electronics that had to be made in order to achieve that goal. What happens when major projects like that are undertaken is that we get the phenomenon of "trickle down scientific advances", that were made in order to achieve that goal.
@vendurra Where is all your proof that man played golf on the moon? It is because people have no need for reality that they live a life of universal slow suicide. The majority, including these two anonymous cowards, vendura and mechmusician, have no need for truth. Look at these two clowns spread the moon landing lies as though they are proven fact, when, the opposite is reality. NO ONE EVER WENT TO THE MOON! Those without morals have no conscience. LIARS!
@DominicJCircolone Since you resorted to the moon landing conspiracy theory meme, I have only this to say. I refuse to debate anyone who comes to a battle of wits unarmed. Your opinion is so ridiculous that it deserves no further thought.
@vendurra All that nonsense makes you feel good, I'm sure, but none of that is proof that men ever stepped foot on the moon. You accuse me of being unarmed but then proceeded to bring not one iota of proof that the alleged moon landings actually ever happened. Until you can prove it, which of course you cannot and never will be able to, the whole concept of men on the moon deserves no further thought. Those making the claim are proven LIARS and have never proved they went to the moon!
Man as mind, as individual forms a human who is a part of humanity. How does one man of humanity relate to another man of humanity? He relates based on the Golden Rule! Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. This code of conduct is unique in the way it maintains an individual's autonomy, yet addresses how each individual relates to other individuals in a mutual respect for both persons. Love your neighbor as yourself is another Golden Rule that perfects or creates a moral individual
dmac333100 An aristocratic class of people who were once ruled by a Russian Czar Monarchy that controlled power and wealth. When the Communist Party took over and destroyed that idea of rule the Idea of how government should be run according to John Gualt met it's end. One must ask oneself the question, why did the Aristocratic Class fail so completely and rapidly by the rebellion of the serfs? Ayn Rand's message is a Monarchy rerun of her grandparent's form of government. It just don't work.
@dmac333100 The aristocratic class didn't fail - so much as it was assimilated into the communist movement. Tell me that Stalin wasn't really an aristocrat who's only intent is to purloin power & money for himself under the guise of calling himself a Communist. The real problem with Communism is that it is too overextended - into every conceivable business. I mean, Cuba ran ice cream stands for god sake. No government should think so small as to ever consider running an ice cream stand.
To make my point about labor having the front line knowledge I'll use an energy grid as an example. You have a manager who organizes a segment of the energy grid, but he requires a team of dozens of people to run the grid - each with their own specialized knowledge to run the grid. The manager could be replaced just as well as any of the laborers on the grid & I would argue that you would need more than 5% of the best workers to walk off the grid to cause a collapse of the grid.
@vendurra As an expansion on my previous comment, the workers know how to maintain what works now, they may even understand it well enough to start from scratch if needed. But it is the inventors, the producers who find solutions to new problems, who find the better ways of doing things the world relies on. If the efficiency of processes was not being constantly improved civilization would collapse under its own weight as it grew.
@ttk314 Excellent point. Look to any collectivist nation and you will see this demonstrated. Engineering is mitigated, innovation discarded, and preservation and utilization of existing technology glorified. The result is exactly what you said.
288 people are pawns of the global elite who want to demolish the social safety nets and victories of the progressive era that have inhibited them (ever so modestly) from furthering their goal of complete, social stratification and the total accumulation of wealth on the backs of the working class.
@stoness1979 If not by the people that you are denauncing now as the most corrupt in the world, you probably wouldnt by alive today, let alone able to make the remarks that you are now making, by the inventions and work of better, more competent, more productive, and yes, superior man than you. You should have a little more humility for you live in the shadow of giants because you are not willing to be one yourself by yourself.
This book and movie is fantastic !!! Why is "Atlas Shrugged" so intune with today's "messed-up" economy and world economy? How could Ayn Rand be so prophetic? Almost everything that occured in the book is now occuring daily on our doorstep, whether it is New York, Chicago, London, Rome or Berlin. A Moral Crisis Yes ! Look at our politicians whether govenors, mayors, senators or leaders of international monetary agencies. Please do not stop our Motor !!!! God Save us !!!!
@Mr99BOXER Ayn Rand was receiving her prophecies from the devil thats how she knew cuz all the problems in the world are well planned long time ago by satan to bring down(controlled demolition) every thing including us so we can accept their new world order of satan. Ayn Rand was dictating wht satan was revealing to her.
You do realize you contradicted yourself, right? You essentially say that everyone is replaceable ... unless you're Steve Jobs. This shows that even outside of the fictional world of AS the idea holds true.
@cuttlefishgem I've already started reading, and i know about the flaws of the book already, that it becomes a little silly and unrealistic and unpractical at times, but that's ok. I'm willing to look past those for the sake of the very interesting story. and i know that while it is amusing one shouldn't apply the atributes certain characters have to themselves.
@spencemace The main flaw is the premise that certain people are so beneficial to society that they aren't replacable. The reality is that there is so much talent out there that anyone can be replaced. Unless your Steve Jobs and have an intuitive genius for product design, you are probably replacable.
However it does make for good drama, and much of a philosophy remains intriguing.
@vendurra hmm... i never looked at it that way. but this is all very true, accept this is only a harm to people who let the book effect them. the only effect it has on me is inthralment. it is just a good FICTIONAL story. and if i thought any other way, the things you're talking about would definatley be a reason for me not to read the book.
@vendurra It is only a flaw in the sense that so many people still have the urge and drive to make something of those talents. The decayed world of Atlas Shrugged had so oppressed that innate drive of human beings to produce and better themselves that only a few industrious people were left to endure the oppressive BS to prop up a system of leeches, thieves, and lying scum. That is why the book is called Atlas Shrugged. It is hard to use your talent when your success is punished or stolen.
Seems like a valid premise to me. If just 5% of the best thinkers and producers of America were to disappear over a short period of time, I'd bet the country would collapse within a week.
@mustang607 5% I disagree. The labor force is huge and very productive. If 5% of the farmers were to dissappear, we might have a small food shortage - but they would be replaced. Labor is easily replacable - and labor is the basis of what a "producer" is. A producer is someone who MAKES something. I think Rand overestimates the worth of certain people to society, as if society would collapse without certain people. I disagree. Everyone is replacable. I like her darwinist points though.
I'm talking about the top 5% of people who know how to keep the high tech infrastructure of our country running. The managers and leaders responsible for the core of the internet , communications, electronic trading, satellites, energy grid, as well as the many other products and services we need to survive. At the end of Atlas Shrugged, there were lots of random laborers available but few great minds that knew how to think for themselves and accept responsibility.
@mustang607 If I want my roof fixed I'm not going to call a manager, I'm going to call a roofer who knows how to fix roofs. I would never hire a manager to do my taxes or handle a legal case. Managers do not know everything, so to act as if they do would be incorrect. I would doubt that many managers know how to operate an energy grid. That's what they hire others to do. The real danger is when we lose the "knowledge" of how to do things. Labor has all the front-line knowledge.
@vendurra Yes but what is 'front line knowledge' when workers repair a line do they understand the process by which it works? No, they repeat a process that was taught to them by someone who did truly understand. The people who Rand is referring to are those who truly understand these things, the people who create the processes which all the others repeat. Every time conditions change, a new problem is encountered it is these who make the solution. And without them there would be no solutions.
@ttk314 I agree, but also state that knowledge is diffused. I've worked in a restaurant where if the pipes burst we'd still have to call a plumber. Management doesn't know anything about plumbing, or fixing a broken machine, etc. I would more likely guess that the CEO of Kodak doesn't know how to make photos in a dark room, or that the CEO of any given oil company would know how to operate the machinery that does the actual drilling for oil. That knowledge is held by those who do the actual work
@vendurra We receive knowledge from others as raw materials and use it, modify it, improve it to fit our situations. Knowledge cannot truly be shared or diffused as we have no communal brain. It can only be expressed and put into action
As for management not knowing technical details... Bullshit. Ford built his first car himself. Pretty much every famous CEO knew/knows every technical detail of his company. You NEVER forget the ground floor, because that's where the money is made.
@vendurra No they don't. I have three business degrees. Labor is instructed by supervisors, who are instructed by engineers, who are instructed by managers. Labor only relays changing information upwards. Then management reassesses the situation and tells the engineers to solve new problems who then instruct supervisors then to labor again. Workers are replaceable tools, so are supervisors. Engineers and Managers live by thinking. They are not easily replaced.
@mechmusician Surely something with three business degrees could make a better argument than the one you just posted. There is lots of cool knowledge they disperse in those classes, and your point is only superficial at best.
Engineers and Managers aren't the only people in the world who live by thinking. Accountants, Actuaries, Financial Experts, Architects, Real Estate Brokers, Mathematicians, etc, all live by thinking... aka using math and analysis to solve problems.
@vendurra Wrong. It's called the Brain Drain, it's happening now and it's very real. And history has shown that if you take away top leaders, companies fail. Steve Jobs and Michael Dell both had to come back after they left to save their companies that they started, after their replacements fucked things up. As you go higher up, people are worth more, which is why they are paid more. Take them out and there's nobody to run things. Companies fall apart and so does society.
@mechmusician maybe no one should run anything...maybe it should just fall apart...it was a nice ride but it cant last forever....nothing does....i saw let technology and science hit the brick wall and lets just go back to the land...but i am out of my goddamn mind so why should anyone listen to me
I find it strange that in your montage of great thinkers you list a couple men who would despise Rand's ideas. First Jefferson, has been quoted as being opposed to egotism. Secondly and more importantly since he lived in Rand's day, Albert Einstein was a socialist and member of the communist party.
wow. amazing. my friend one day asked me "who is jhon galt?" when i could not provide an answer without a computer, he told me this: "look for the book atlas shrugged. reading it will be hard considering its length, but if you read it you will finish it a wiser man." i thought he was joking, but if this is a taste of the fruit this book has to offer... why not give it a shot? ;)
It doesn't matter what they think. The mind is something to manipulate by force. We should never ask questions. People might need answers. We shouldt raise our chins. Someone might actually notice. Obey. Submit. Be a "good boy". Let us how long you can survive in the world like that. If you still think that what Galt said was 8 minutes of blatant nonsense, I will buy you a drink. Hell, I might buy you two. Maybe when you're less inhibited you'll at least be able to recognize reason over opinion
@MartinPerssonDotName Don't speak for us unless you intend to spell correctly. It's too easily trollable to do otherwise, and it makes us look less intelligent.
@SculptedThoughts grow a sense of humour and stop picking on dyslectic people. And besides, English is the stupidest language in the world, nothing is ever spelled the way it is pronounced. You need to memorise the spelling for every single word because there are no universal rules to it. Native English speakers don't notice it though because they have nothing to compare it to.
@SculptedThoughts I have re proof read my comment and I came to the conclusion that you must be so stupid you don't know what the words mean. Look up complement in a dictionary:
"the quantity or amount that completes anything",
"either of two parts or things needed to complete the whole; counterpart",
Complement = flashback to economics and risk management class.
Compliment = to approve of.
Honestly, I didn't read your comment as I had someone over my shoulder whom I was trying to introduce to these videos (but they wouldn't load properly on McDonald's wifi), however, when pro-O'ists (the same with pro-atheists, pro-anything significant) make bad statements regarding small groups, it makes everyone look bad. It's ad hominem, certainly, and a fallacy at that.
@SculptedThoughts Additionally, due to the "new YouTube" which does not show your initial comment, my response, and then your new comment, I can't even go back to check its merit, so I'll just apologize and give you the benefit of the doubt.
The logic is that "bad atheists" are more harmful to atheists than anti-atheist theists (analogy).
Was permission obtained for copyrighted sound clips, videos and images? After all, the creators of these works should not have to be robbed of their rightful gain from these works.
@bandarr3000 They aren't being robbed of rightful gain because the full products of their labor aren't being displaced by the showing of clips from them (if anything they are being helped). In addition to the creator of this video is not making money from it. Posting a full movie on youtube might displace someone in the market, but a clip being placed in a video collage is more like free advertising.
@bwellen, what I think Frank is saying is that there are so many people out there puffed up with ego who have absolutely nothing to show for their grandiose self esteem. Charlie Sheen is an excellent example of an example of that.
Psych classes constantly warn of self esteem without merit, and they teach that self efficacy is more important than self esteem. I'm not sure how Ayn Rand is using the word "self esteem", maybe in her time it had a different connotation.
Very poweful speech to say the least. Scary and frightning but so true and right on point to the tee! Is it just me, but it sounds like the devil talking!!! Evolution or God? Riches or just what you need? Self-esteem or self-control? Happiness or duty? I choose door number 2.. Free will is gods greatest gift, we always have a choice.........
Imagine the thinking of Europeans when they saw the Native Americans. They probably looked on them with pity. Wondering, how could a people live this way? You see it's their ego and self righteousness that has created something of a monster in the world today The need for some to push their ideas and ways upon others regardless if they are happy or not is part of the ego. It's the mentality that I am better then you and my way is the best way. Sort of like a megalomaniac.
Frank, you might want to cut the caffeine a bit. Every time you turn on a light, or drive your car, or use a plastic utensil, or watch TV, or listen to an mp3 or you use the computer to post comments, remember the inventors who created these technologies for you to use. They probably thought that they were better scientists then their competition and that they had better ideas to sell. When you go to live in a teepee covered in buffalo skins I'll have a bit more respect for your position.
@bwellen Have you seen how people act today? From Gadafi to Charlie Sheen? What I was saying has nothing to do with the progress of man. The French had no problem trading with the Natives. That was a win win. They did not go in a slaughter them and force their ways upon them. I'm speaking more about those who feel the need to put themselves above everyone else, That's all.
Great job on the video, but the Ayn Rand Institute is a piss poor representation of her and her work. I have my own bones to pick with Rand, but ARI is a mockery.
I admire John Galt's solution to the problem of widespread injustice--much more cunning than the Hugo Stiglitz method. But I can't blame Hugo for trying.
"All the Property that is necessary to a Man, for the Conservation of the Individual and the Propagation of the Species, is his natural Right, which none can justly deprive him of: But all Property superfluous to such purposes is the Property of the Publick, who, by their Laws, have created it, and who may therefore by other Laws dispose of it, whenever the Welfare of the Publick shall demand such Disposition."
"All Property, indeed, except the Savage's temporary Cabin, his Bow, his Matchcoat, and other little Acquisitions, absolutely necessary for his Subsistence, seems to me to be the Creature of public Convention.Hence the Public has the Right of Regulating Descents, and all other Conveyances of Property, and even of limiting the Quantity and the Uses of it." -Ben Franklin 1783
@eaodak "The personal right to acquire property, which is a natural right, gives to property, when acquired, a right to protection, as a social right "
-James Madison, Father of the Constitution, 1792
Now call Madison a sociopathic authoritarian asshole, idiot
@eaodak Why, because he agrees with you? Its alright, I mean, its just Madison! It's not like he authored our Constitution or anything! It's not like he was a major player in developing the system that governs America, and later became a President! No, just some irrelevant bloke.
@MegaKolen "Why, because he agrees with you?" More like, it is a more complete set of statements instead of some vague notion of property. You do understand that you have no 'property rights', yes? Whatever language you have grown accustomed to using, you have only 'property privileges'. No one has to explicitly inform you of your 'rights', but they do for 'privileges'. This may make your head spin, but that's your issue to deal with. We the People can give, and WtP can take back.
@eaodak Bla bla bla, typical libsoc morons. Property and its protection from would-be thieves like you is your right, not a privilege. Given that Madison authored the Constitution, given how amendments like the fifth protect property, and given how your opinion is not based on anything valid, it could very well be deduced that your interpretation is fundamentally wrong. But what can we expect from a troll? All I can say is, thank God you only got one vote to waste!
@MegaKolen "Bla bla bla, typical libsoc morons." There we go Scum Bag, I knew you could hardly control yourself. You must be sputtering on the other end of this connection, I bet you nearly pissed your pants....
Get it straight, NO ONE takes your opinion into account, except maybe your fast food manager. And even then, only the proper temperature for the fryolator. I in the other hand get paid for mine.....
Here's my advice. Go shoot yourself in the face, today. No one will miss you.
@MegaKolen "But what can we expect from a troll?" Your mom is a 'troll' and she lives under the bridge. Too bad you failed abortion that your mommy did not stick that coat hanger up her nasty snatch a little harder and for a little longer.... Just think, one more good poke and scramble and you would not be wasting air... Oh the shame.
@MegaKolen HEY! Nice sanitized account! Is this your 'I am a BIG Pussy account'? I love the Losers that create a WHOLE NEW account to peddle their bullshit. I would tell you to 'be a man', but lets be honest, failed abortion, you are no man.
@MegaKolen Want to know what all those lound 'CRASH''s are all around you? It's the sound of me slamming what was left of your manhood to the ground.... Just happened again.
@GaltSpeaking I love the use of Fred Thompson as President Thompson, nice touch. By the way, can you block this guy, he's being a real pain in the ass.
And, Goddamn eaodak, stop spamming this comment section.
@goffchr Go fuck yourself, I'm exercising my rights to free speech asshole. Go play Randist Totalitarian with someone else, I'll only end up hurting you and making you cry....
@eaodak you are just another proof that humanity has not made any progress since the dark ages.. your comments are nonsense unless you're one of the Government agents or commies.
You're filthy coward deserving of a bullet and ready for a master.
That's right you piece of shit, showing true colors! Pathetic troll, good puppy
do something useful with your life rather than trolling on youtube...
I'm not sure what womb of puss and scum and pig shit you fell out of, but pay your taxes or your future will be prison or execution. I'll volunteer to do the shooting for my cuntry!
@eaodak If you think anyone would "cry" after that insult, you are even more lost than I thought. Youre just a trolling dolt who thinks they affect people's lives WAY more than they really do. It would've been funny if it wasn't so pathetic...
@eaodak Uncreative repetition is a step down from where you are, if that was possible.
Are you insane or something? What do you mean "we"? There is only you. We need to send you to an insane asylum! You have a multiple personality disorder!
@freemanrevolution I have a guilty pleasure tormenting douche bags such as yourself. What can I say!
Listen up Virgin, once some girl pays you the time of day, or more likely, once you pay some girl some cash, and you actually touch a real woman's breast, you'll give up all of this Ayn Rand nonsense.
A consistent lack of pussy is your problem Virgin.
@eaodak Again with the bad grammer! The only reason you are torturing me is because I can't stand how pathetic you are! I never thought it was possible for any human being to fall as low as you have. I can imagine moss and bacteria, but not people. You truly have shown me otherwise. Congratulations. You have reached the nirvana of depravity.
@freemanrevolution Yawn.... Like I said Virgin, the day you get your naked penis within a yard of a non-related female, you 'revolution' will be a mere memory...
You continue to display your small mindedness. But as long as you don't mind getting pwned, you can keep coming back for more abuse....
@eaodak Do you think repeating yourself makes you seem smarter? Forget it. Repetition is the trademark of idiots such as yourself. Idiots who belong in asylums, like yourself.
@freemanrevolution Repeat myself? You mean, point out the truth? I'm sorry that your terminal virginity is a cross for you, but the truth is the truth. You may as well hear it.
Now I'd really love to finish listening to your brilliant analysis of Austrian v Keynesian economics, but I just want you to finish taking my order for a Big Mac....
@eaodak Nah, just repeating asinine chickenshit. You indeed are showing signs of delusion, yet another symptom of insanity. We need to get you to that asylum pronto!
Do the ends justify the means?
More than one dictator has tried to unite the world.
mustang607 1 week ago
Hmmm. John Galt's diatribe would lend itself more to you actually writing an original piece, rather than copy one from a great writer. Just my opinion.
evolutionfineart 1 week ago
....Who is John Galt?
420ballsmcgee 1 week ago 2
It's the perfect storm," A corrupt & inept Washington combined with a corrupt & greedy elements of Wall Street". The Sub Prime loan programs are a scam. Many banks refused to make the loans..and were sued by ther Fed's. Politics erased reason & financial realities. John Galt's speech is painfully relevant today . We have been betrayed by greedy fools.
Producers.. go on strike!
I like money..when it is earned ethically & legally. Congress would know nothing of that.
MrGchiasson 2 weeks ago
Atheists, please stop the finger pointing at all religion based on a few. The simple problem is greed. It is us all as equals.
walperstyle 3 weeks ago
It's interesting that you cast Craig as "Rearden".
I know it's another book entirely, but I would have cast him as Roark.
tonystark106422 1 month ago
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ronpaul2012hope 1 month ago
Wow, this is amazing!
LittleLionWokeUp 2 months ago
Wow.
I've never seen this done to such powerful imagery.
You should have made the movie.
livfreeordi 2 months ago
I can't get over how well done these videos are! I've watched/listened to all of them several times now.
SuzeraintyNow 2 months ago 2
For YEARS I have asked whether NEED is a legitimate claim. I have produced no arguments demanding help for need. The only need is Greater Knowlede. "A man is on fire, do you put out the flame?" How did this come about? Responsibility? Desert? I hope I never encounter this scenario, the metaphor does not include half of what it is to be human.
abc3m4 3 months ago
Thanks.
MrJohngalt2011 3 months ago
thats petty awsome
:D
japansfan 4 months ago
why is it that conservatives use this stuff against liberals? i have no side in that fight, but from my point of view the ignorant ones are the conservatives. not to offend anyone, but most of the conservatives i know are dumb. they dont believe in science (evolution, abortion, climate change, polution) and to them intellectual freedom/ equality means nothing, just so long as they can stay within thier comfort zone. they're slowing progress. not very "john galt" like.
spencemace 4 months ago
@spencemace
These are the Nouvelle conservatives of the religious variety. The true libertarians yearn for science and learning, proof and reasons for actions. Remove the religious bent from the Right and the Economic bent from the Left and you will find the answer... Freedom and science, Culture and meritocracy.
abc3m4 3 months ago
@abc3m4 someone needs to give the mic to the "real" conservatives then, because all i hear is religeous propaganda. freedom and science is all i ask for.
spencemace 2 months ago
@abc3m4 Yes. Those conservatives think like Mr. Santorum, who claimed that abortion was responsible for depleting the social security reserves because of all the people who could have been contributors to the trust fund have been aborted. Conservative logic makes no sense 80% of the time. I'm not going to argue that argument fully, because suffice to say it should be obvious that it is a bad argument.
vendurra 3 weeks ago
@spencemace Both conservatives and liberals are backward, for a variety of reasons - but the main one that comes to mind is that neither of them have a coherent future oriented mindset - the result is that they both are present oriented hedonists that think only in terms of the here and now. Tea Party wants tax cuts, liberals want hand outs. I'm simplifying of course. Both liberals and conservatives are parasites that are slowly draining this nation of its vitality.
vendurra 3 weeks ago
@vendurra I agree, yet in this system there is very little alternative. I don't want to be red or blue, i just want to be with the side I feel is right. the position you describe is very interesting, but not visible from where im standing.
spencemace 3 weeks ago
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spencemace 4 months ago
they should havew let this guy direct the movie
slybuster 4 months ago
I am Ron Paul
hayden50 5 months ago
I AM JOHN GALT
X11HGseeker 5 months ago
THIS IS HOW I IMAGINED HIS VOICE WOULD SOUND!!!!!!!
shaunrossgardiner47 5 months ago
As much as I love this speech it just doesn't work in reality. The evil characters in this book were the ones who lobbied and used money to get what they wanted. This is pretty much every large company today.
CapnHolic 6 months ago
@CapnHolic, did you use your brain to think reason with before posting?
Where is it to lobby if we follow Ayn's suggestion?
MrOperettalover 6 months ago
@CapnHolic It was pretty much every company in the book too. Rearden Steel is really the only company in the whole thing that doesn't work the system. We don't need to get rid of corporations, we need to get rid of the political system that forces them to lobby in order to compete. It isn't corporate greed that destroyed the world in the book and it isn't corporate greed that is destroying the world now. It is government regulation.
TheDrCN 5 months ago
The light bulb story ended differently than for John Galt's motor. In the end, Congress mandated these new efficient light bulbs - giving it's inventor a long term control of the market.
That was a very different ending than what happened to John Galt. Personally, I agree with Bush's decision on that one - I like efficiency.
Now if only someone would invent a car engine that gets 200 mpg. Of course it would need to be ramped up to economy of scale to make it cheap to produce.
vendurra 6 months ago
@vendurra So you agree with pointing a gun at producers and consumers and telling them what to do? Interesting. And FYI, Tesla invented the flourescent bulb. He's dead. He won't benefit from the legislation.
No car will ever get 200mpg. Mopeds can't do that. No chemical liquid fuel can do that. The energy density just isn't there. And economies of scale aren't the only factor affecting cost. Not even the main factor.
mechmusician 5 months ago
@mechmusician No. I don't agree with that. But there is something everyone "ought" to know. I believe many people up top in political circles are having private discussions right now about how to deal with the upcoming "resource" crisis.
So they made a practical decision to outlaw inefficient lightbulbs, that in the long run will only stall the inevitable running out of oil & coal. Consumer waste has to be curtailed, since we are running out of resources.
vendurra 3 weeks ago
A parallel to John Galt's new motor. Recently an inventor invented a light bulb that is 400% more efficient than the traditional light bulb - so much so that Congress enacted a bill under President Bush to mandate these more efficient light bulbs as the new standard. These light bulbs are deemed so efficient that they would save the costs of needing to build 30 coal power plants. This is an interesting story arc when you compare it to the story of John Galt's invention - his motor.
vendurra 6 months ago
@vendurra Those are CFL's, which contain mercury, which usually go into landfills when discarded, which can contaminate groundwater. Also, forcing people to produce and buy a product isn't freedom. That's fascism. Also, CFL's don't produce the spectrums of natural light, and can conversely affect your vision in the long-term. We can make plenty of energy to power incandescents which are better for our eyes.
mechmusician 5 months ago
I'll continue. America's success was built on ambitious projects - not small ones. You don't see our government running ice cream stands, but we did fund the Hoover Dam, the Interstate Highway System, and the landing on the moon. Our government hired some of the finest inventors and producers to reach these heights of achievements.
vendurra 6 months ago
@vendurra Landing on the moon didn't do anything to help America succeed. It was just us beating our chest. The Hoover Dam pales in energy comparison to private companies contracted to build and run other power generation plants. The Interstate system pales in freight transportation to the rail lines, which are privately owned, and the sea lanes which are privately run. The greatest leap forward, the digital revolution and the Internet, wasn't built by government either.
mechmusician 5 months ago
@mechmusician "No, you do not have to live; it is your basic act of choice; but if you choose to live,. you must live as a man—by the work and the judgment of your mind."
Is it really the work and judgment of your mind that leads you to spread the moon landing LIES? Or, have you done little to no actual research and are simply regurgitating what the LIARS among us are selling? Where is all the evidence that men went to the moon? The LIARS and their followers are in control...
DominicJCircolone 4 weeks ago
"To arrive at a contradiction is to confess an error in one's thinking; to maintain a contradiction is to abdicate one's mind and to evict oneself from the realm of reality."
Will these two anonymous cowards realize the error in their spreading the moon landing lies or will they stay evicted from the realm of reality and continue to pretend that A is not A? LIES are used to ensnare. The truth can make us free. Men are enslaved because they refuse to use THEIR OWN mind.
DominicJCircolone 4 weeks ago
@mechmusician I would like some sourced data to back up these comparisons. How much freight is delivered by rail as opposed to interstate? Saying that "one way is better" is a vague trick politicians use all the time to cover up their lies. I want the real numbers, the raw data. How much better is it? Many adjectives are vague. I could say that something is awesome (adjective), but it wouldn't have much meaning unless it is measurable in an A = A type of Randian construct.
vendurra 3 weeks ago
@mechmusician Ok. Pause for a second after what you said. "Landing on the moon didn't do anything to help America succeed." ................. (pause)
Ok. Lets look at reality now. Think of all the inventions that had to be made and advances in electronics that had to be made in order to achieve that goal. What happens when major projects like that are undertaken is that we get the phenomenon of "trickle down scientific advances", that were made in order to achieve that goal.
vendurra 3 weeks ago
@vendurra Where is all your proof that man played golf on the moon? It is because people have no need for reality that they live a life of universal slow suicide. The majority, including these two anonymous cowards, vendura and mechmusician, have no need for truth. Look at these two clowns spread the moon landing lies as though they are proven fact, when, the opposite is reality. NO ONE EVER WENT TO THE MOON! Those without morals have no conscience. LIARS!
DominicJCircolone 4 weeks ago
@DominicJCircolone Since you resorted to the moon landing conspiracy theory meme, I have only this to say. I refuse to debate anyone who comes to a battle of wits unarmed. Your opinion is so ridiculous that it deserves no further thought.
vendurra 3 weeks ago
@vendurra All that nonsense makes you feel good, I'm sure, but none of that is proof that men ever stepped foot on the moon. You accuse me of being unarmed but then proceeded to bring not one iota of proof that the alleged moon landings actually ever happened. Until you can prove it, which of course you cannot and never will be able to, the whole concept of men on the moon deserves no further thought. Those making the claim are proven LIARS and have never proved they went to the moon!
DominicJCircolone 3 weeks ago
Man as mind, as individual forms a human who is a part of humanity. How does one man of humanity relate to another man of humanity? He relates based on the Golden Rule! Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. This code of conduct is unique in the way it maintains an individual's autonomy, yet addresses how each individual relates to other individuals in a mutual respect for both persons. Love your neighbor as yourself is another Golden Rule that perfects or creates a moral individual
dmac333100 6 months ago
dmac333100 An aristocratic class of people who were once ruled by a Russian Czar Monarchy that controlled power and wealth. When the Communist Party took over and destroyed that idea of rule the Idea of how government should be run according to John Gualt met it's end. One must ask oneself the question, why did the Aristocratic Class fail so completely and rapidly by the rebellion of the serfs? Ayn Rand's message is a Monarchy rerun of her grandparent's form of government. It just don't work.
dmac333100 6 months ago
@dmac333100 The aristocratic class didn't fail - so much as it was assimilated into the communist movement. Tell me that Stalin wasn't really an aristocrat who's only intent is to purloin power & money for himself under the guise of calling himself a Communist. The real problem with Communism is that it is too overextended - into every conceivable business. I mean, Cuba ran ice cream stands for god sake. No government should think so small as to ever consider running an ice cream stand.
vendurra 6 months ago
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ttk314 6 months ago
To make my point about labor having the front line knowledge I'll use an energy grid as an example. You have a manager who organizes a segment of the energy grid, but he requires a team of dozens of people to run the grid - each with their own specialized knowledge to run the grid. The manager could be replaced just as well as any of the laborers on the grid & I would argue that you would need more than 5% of the best workers to walk off the grid to cause a collapse of the grid.
vendurra 7 months ago
@vendurra As an expansion on my previous comment, the workers know how to maintain what works now, they may even understand it well enough to start from scratch if needed. But it is the inventors, the producers who find solutions to new problems, who find the better ways of doing things the world relies on. If the efficiency of processes was not being constantly improved civilization would collapse under its own weight as it grew.
ttk314 6 months ago
@ttk314 Excellent point. Look to any collectivist nation and you will see this demonstrated. Engineering is mitigated, innovation discarded, and preservation and utilization of existing technology glorified. The result is exactly what you said.
mechmusician 5 months ago
John Galt cut him off V style!
JCKustom13 8 months ago
This video was seriously powerful loved it.
darkpatriotx 8 months ago
288 people are pawns of the global elite who want to demolish the social safety nets and victories of the progressive era that have inhibited them (ever so modestly) from furthering their goal of complete, social stratification and the total accumulation of wealth on the backs of the working class.
stoness1979 8 months ago
@stoness1979 If not by the people that you are denauncing now as the most corrupt in the world, you probably wouldnt by alive today, let alone able to make the remarks that you are now making, by the inventions and work of better, more competent, more productive, and yes, superior man than you. You should have a little more humility for you live in the shadow of giants because you are not willing to be one yourself by yourself.
megatherium100 8 months ago
This book and movie is fantastic !!! Why is "Atlas Shrugged" so intune with today's "messed-up" economy and world economy? How could Ayn Rand be so prophetic? Almost everything that occured in the book is now occuring daily on our doorstep, whether it is New York, Chicago, London, Rome or Berlin. A Moral Crisis Yes ! Look at our politicians whether govenors, mayors, senators or leaders of international monetary agencies. Please do not stop our Motor !!!! God Save us !!!!
Mr99BOXER 9 months ago 5
@Mr99BOXER Ayn Rand was receiving her prophecies from the devil thats how she knew cuz all the problems in the world are well planned long time ago by satan to bring down(controlled demolition) every thing including us so we can accept their new world order of satan. Ayn Rand was dictating wht satan was revealing to her.
SuperYemeniah 13 hours ago
@vendurra
You do realize you contradicted yourself, right? You essentially say that everyone is replaceable ... unless you're Steve Jobs. This shows that even outside of the fictional world of AS the idea holds true.
gryphon333 9 months ago
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shilltheshillXXX 10 months ago
@cuttlefishgem I've already started reading, and i know about the flaws of the book already, that it becomes a little silly and unrealistic and unpractical at times, but that's ok. I'm willing to look past those for the sake of the very interesting story. and i know that while it is amusing one shouldn't apply the atributes certain characters have to themselves.
spencemace 10 months ago
@spencemace The main flaw is the premise that certain people are so beneficial to society that they aren't replacable. The reality is that there is so much talent out there that anyone can be replaced. Unless your Steve Jobs and have an intuitive genius for product design, you are probably replacable.
However it does make for good drama, and much of a philosophy remains intriguing.
vendurra 10 months ago
@vendurra hmm... i never looked at it that way. but this is all very true, accept this is only a harm to people who let the book effect them. the only effect it has on me is inthralment. it is just a good FICTIONAL story. and if i thought any other way, the things you're talking about would definatley be a reason for me not to read the book.
spencemace 10 months ago
@vendurra It is only a flaw in the sense that so many people still have the urge and drive to make something of those talents. The decayed world of Atlas Shrugged had so oppressed that innate drive of human beings to produce and better themselves that only a few industrious people were left to endure the oppressive BS to prop up a system of leeches, thieves, and lying scum. That is why the book is called Atlas Shrugged. It is hard to use your talent when your success is punished or stolen.
JoshuaTollon 9 months ago 11
@JoshuaTollon ...or villianized.
interstellar618 1 month ago
@JoshuaTollon It is possible to raise yourself up without knocking others down.
The bosses are leeches, thieves, and liars.
MMODoubter 4 days ago
@vendurra
Seems like a valid premise to me. If just 5% of the best thinkers and producers of America were to disappear over a short period of time, I'd bet the country would collapse within a week.
mustang607 9 months ago 2
@mustang607 5% I disagree. The labor force is huge and very productive. If 5% of the farmers were to dissappear, we might have a small food shortage - but they would be replaced. Labor is easily replacable - and labor is the basis of what a "producer" is. A producer is someone who MAKES something. I think Rand overestimates the worth of certain people to society, as if society would collapse without certain people. I disagree. Everyone is replacable. I like her darwinist points though.
vendurra 8 months ago
@vendurra
I'm talking about the top 5% of people who know how to keep the high tech infrastructure of our country running. The managers and leaders responsible for the core of the internet , communications, electronic trading, satellites, energy grid, as well as the many other products and services we need to survive. At the end of Atlas Shrugged, there were lots of random laborers available but few great minds that knew how to think for themselves and accept responsibility.
mustang607 8 months ago
@mustang607 If I want my roof fixed I'm not going to call a manager, I'm going to call a roofer who knows how to fix roofs. I would never hire a manager to do my taxes or handle a legal case. Managers do not know everything, so to act as if they do would be incorrect. I would doubt that many managers know how to operate an energy grid. That's what they hire others to do. The real danger is when we lose the "knowledge" of how to do things. Labor has all the front-line knowledge.
vendurra 7 months ago
@vendurra Yes but what is 'front line knowledge' when workers repair a line do they understand the process by which it works? No, they repeat a process that was taught to them by someone who did truly understand. The people who Rand is referring to are those who truly understand these things, the people who create the processes which all the others repeat. Every time conditions change, a new problem is encountered it is these who make the solution. And without them there would be no solutions.
ttk314 6 months ago
@ttk314 I agree, but also state that knowledge is diffused. I've worked in a restaurant where if the pipes burst we'd still have to call a plumber. Management doesn't know anything about plumbing, or fixing a broken machine, etc. I would more likely guess that the CEO of Kodak doesn't know how to make photos in a dark room, or that the CEO of any given oil company would know how to operate the machinery that does the actual drilling for oil. That knowledge is held by those who do the actual work
vendurra 6 months ago
@vendurra We receive knowledge from others as raw materials and use it, modify it, improve it to fit our situations. Knowledge cannot truly be shared or diffused as we have no communal brain. It can only be expressed and put into action
As for management not knowing technical details... Bullshit. Ford built his first car himself. Pretty much every famous CEO knew/knows every technical detail of his company. You NEVER forget the ground floor, because that's where the money is made.
mechmusician 5 months ago
@ttk314 Precisely. To prove this point, try getting your mechanic to design a new car.
mechmusician 5 months ago
@vendurra No they don't. I have three business degrees. Labor is instructed by supervisors, who are instructed by engineers, who are instructed by managers. Labor only relays changing information upwards. Then management reassesses the situation and tells the engineers to solve new problems who then instruct supervisors then to labor again. Workers are replaceable tools, so are supervisors. Engineers and Managers live by thinking. They are not easily replaced.
mechmusician 5 months ago
@mechmusician Surely something with three business degrees could make a better argument than the one you just posted. There is lots of cool knowledge they disperse in those classes, and your point is only superficial at best.
Engineers and Managers aren't the only people in the world who live by thinking. Accountants, Actuaries, Financial Experts, Architects, Real Estate Brokers, Mathematicians, etc, all live by thinking... aka using math and analysis to solve problems.
vendurra 3 weeks ago
@vendurra Wrong. It's called the Brain Drain, it's happening now and it's very real. And history has shown that if you take away top leaders, companies fail. Steve Jobs and Michael Dell both had to come back after they left to save their companies that they started, after their replacements fucked things up. As you go higher up, people are worth more, which is why they are paid more. Take them out and there's nobody to run things. Companies fall apart and so does society.
mechmusician 5 months ago
@mechmusician maybe no one should run anything...maybe it should just fall apart...it was a nice ride but it cant last forever....nothing does....i saw let technology and science hit the brick wall and lets just go back to the land...but i am out of my goddamn mind so why should anyone listen to me
skrapyard444 3 months ago
I find it strange that in your montage of great thinkers you list a couple men who would despise Rand's ideas. First Jefferson, has been quoted as being opposed to egotism. Secondly and more importantly since he lived in Rand's day, Albert Einstein was a socialist and member of the communist party.
whitewolf92289 10 months ago
wow. amazing. my friend one day asked me "who is jhon galt?" when i could not provide an answer without a computer, he told me this: "look for the book atlas shrugged. reading it will be hard considering its length, but if you read it you will finish it a wiser man." i thought he was joking, but if this is a taste of the fruit this book has to offer... why not give it a shot? ;)
spencemace 10 months ago 2
@spencemace
I read it 2 years ago.
If you read it, The book will change you. It will change you. Trust me.
chaserehn 10 months ago
@chaserehn that's what I've heard, just ordered it on amazon, i can't w8 for it to come.
spencemace 10 months ago
Consider the author of Atlas. NonChristian, and reportedly a Mistress to a Rothschild. Should have had some twisted sister music in this Vid.
ghosty426 10 months ago
The background music is very appropriate. I recognize it as John Williams' score from the 1975 Clint Eastwood movie The Eiger Sanction.
orion92ful 10 months ago
8 min of blatant nonsense.
lk3hjduio 10 months ago
@lk3hjduio i pitty you.
spencemace 10 months ago
It doesn't matter what they think. The mind is something to manipulate by force. We should never ask questions. People might need answers. We shouldt raise our chins. Someone might actually notice. Obey. Submit. Be a "good boy". Let us how long you can survive in the world like that. If you still think that what Galt said was 8 minutes of blatant nonsense, I will buy you a drink. Hell, I might buy you two. Maybe when you're less inhibited you'll at least be able to recognize reason over opinion
XeroxedPWNSAUCE 10 months ago 4
VERY GOOD
drychalice 10 months ago 2
This is the global corporation saying they would shut down if we don't go along with what they want us to do. Fairness could work wonders.
moreaboutthat 10 months ago
More importantly, who is John Goatse?
murcuryvapor 10 months ago
sounds good till she lumps in faith.....idiot
TheMorbiousStone 10 months ago
at 5:18 it totally shows Daniel Craig. Wtf? And this guy sounds like he's from the 60's so like, no?
Tensaiga17 11 months ago 2
Someone broadcast this on all channels of TV in the world and broadcast it on every website of every internet of every country
H4R1K4R1 11 months ago
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John Galt is the Antichrist.
allencrider 11 months ago
@allencrider That is a complement for an objectivist you know
MartinPerssonDotName 11 months ago 6
@MartinPerssonDotName Don't speak for us unless you intend to spell correctly. It's too easily trollable to do otherwise, and it makes us look less intelligent.
SculptedThoughts 1 month ago
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@SculptedThoughts grow a sense of humour and stop picking on dyslectic people. And besides, English is the stupidest language in the world, nothing is ever spelled the way it is pronounced. You need to memorise the spelling for every single word because there are no universal rules to it. Native English speakers don't notice it though because they have nothing to compare it to.
MartinPerssonDotName 1 month ago
@SculptedThoughts I have re proof read my comment and I came to the conclusion that you must be so stupid you don't know what the words mean. Look up complement in a dictionary:
"the quantity or amount that completes anything",
"either of two parts or things needed to complete the whole; counterpart",
"something that completes or makes perfect".
MartinPerssonDotName 1 month ago
@MartinPerssonDotName
Complement = flashback to economics and risk management class.
Compliment = to approve of.
Honestly, I didn't read your comment as I had someone over my shoulder whom I was trying to introduce to these videos (but they wouldn't load properly on McDonald's wifi), however, when pro-O'ists (the same with pro-atheists, pro-anything significant) make bad statements regarding small groups, it makes everyone look bad. It's ad hominem, certainly, and a fallacy at that.
SculptedThoughts 1 month ago
@SculptedThoughts Additionally, due to the "new YouTube" which does not show your initial comment, my response, and then your new comment, I can't even go back to check its merit, so I'll just apologize and give you the benefit of the doubt.
The logic is that "bad atheists" are more harmful to atheists than anti-atheist theists (analogy).
SculptedThoughts 1 month ago
@allencrider That's a cemplement for anyone who is sane.
xomiakas 11 months ago
@allencrider We are evil according to your politics.
RagnarRepossessions 11 months ago
Was permission obtained for copyrighted sound clips, videos and images? After all, the creators of these works should not have to be robbed of their rightful gain from these works.
bandarr3000 11 months ago
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@bandarr3000 They aren't being robbed of rightful gain because the full products of their labor aren't being displaced by the showing of clips from them (if anything they are being helped). In addition to the creator of this video is not making money from it. Posting a full movie on youtube might displace someone in the market, but a clip being placed in a video collage is more like free advertising.
dadrogon 11 months ago
@bwellen, what I think Frank is saying is that there are so many people out there puffed up with ego who have absolutely nothing to show for their grandiose self esteem. Charlie Sheen is an excellent example of an example of that.
Psych classes constantly warn of self esteem without merit, and they teach that self efficacy is more important than self esteem. I'm not sure how Ayn Rand is using the word "self esteem", maybe in her time it had a different connotation.
vendurra 11 months ago
Very poweful speech to say the least. Scary and frightning but so true and right on point to the tee! Is it just me, but it sounds like the devil talking!!! Evolution or God? Riches or just what you need? Self-esteem or self-control? Happiness or duty? I choose door number 2.. Free will is gods greatest gift, we always have a choice.........
7eyeofprovidence7 11 months ago
Great speech. So glad the movie has finally been made (or at least part one has.)
mustang607 1 year ago
Imagine the thinking of Europeans when they saw the Native Americans. They probably looked on them with pity. Wondering, how could a people live this way? You see it's their ego and self righteousness that has created something of a monster in the world today The need for some to push their ideas and ways upon others regardless if they are happy or not is part of the ego. It's the mentality that I am better then you and my way is the best way. Sort of like a megalomaniac.
frankcoffee 1 year ago
Frank, you might want to cut the caffeine a bit. Every time you turn on a light, or drive your car, or use a plastic utensil, or watch TV, or listen to an mp3 or you use the computer to post comments, remember the inventors who created these technologies for you to use. They probably thought that they were better scientists then their competition and that they had better ideas to sell. When you go to live in a teepee covered in buffalo skins I'll have a bit more respect for your position.
bwellen 1 year ago 4
@bwellen Have you seen how people act today? From Gadafi to Charlie Sheen? What I was saying has nothing to do with the progress of man. The French had no problem trading with the Natives. That was a win win. They did not go in a slaughter them and force their ways upon them. I'm speaking more about those who feel the need to put themselves above everyone else, That's all.
frankcoffee 1 year ago
Ah, trolls. If we channeled the collective energy of all the internet trolls worldwide into productive people, the world will reach a golden age. :)
vendurra 1 year ago 5
Most excellent speech.
The sheep chose their own existence and way of life - to be herded and lead to slaughter.
z0nt21 1 year ago 2
Great job on the video, but the Ayn Rand Institute is a piss poor representation of her and her work. I have my own bones to pick with Rand, but ARI is a mockery.
Delectated 1 year ago
What is the name of the song + artist around 1:35?
kithkinman 1 year ago
THUMBS UP if you think eaodak is a psychopath & a disgrace to humanity !!!
JohnGaltHasSpoken 1 year ago 22
I admire John Galt's solution to the problem of widespread injustice--much more cunning than the Hugo Stiglitz method. But I can't blame Hugo for trying.
hapspir 1 year ago
"Judge not lest ye be judged"
Great vid!
elfspriit 1 year ago
@elfspriit Judge and prepare to be judged.
SculptedThoughts 1 year ago
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"All the Property that is necessary to a Man, for the Conservation of the Individual and the Propagation of the Species, is his natural Right, which none can justly deprive him of: But all Property superfluous to such purposes is the Property of the Publick, who, by their Laws, have created it, and who may therefore by other Laws dispose of it, whenever the Welfare of the Publick shall demand such Disposition."
-Ben Franklin 1783
Now call Franklin a Commie, idiots...
eaodak 1 year ago
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"All Property, indeed, except the Savage's temporary Cabin, his Bow, his Matchcoat, and other little Acquisitions, absolutely necessary for his Subsistence, seems to me to be the Creature of public Convention.Hence the Public has the Right of Regulating Descents, and all other Conveyances of Property, and even of limiting the Quantity and the Uses of it." -Ben Franklin 1783
eaodak 1 year ago
@eaodak "The personal right to acquire property, which is a natural right, gives to property, when acquired, a right to protection, as a social right "
-James Madison, Father of the Constitution, 1792
Now call Madison a sociopathic authoritarian asshole, idiot
MegaKolen 1 year ago
@MegaKolen I respect Franklin's opinion on taxes and property much more than Madison. Sorry!
eaodak 1 year ago
@eaodak Why, because he agrees with you? Its alright, I mean, its just Madison! It's not like he authored our Constitution or anything! It's not like he was a major player in developing the system that governs America, and later became a President! No, just some irrelevant bloke.
But you are still a troll
MegaKolen 1 year ago
@MegaKolen "Why, because he agrees with you?" More like, it is a more complete set of statements instead of some vague notion of property. You do understand that you have no 'property rights', yes? Whatever language you have grown accustomed to using, you have only 'property privileges'. No one has to explicitly inform you of your 'rights', but they do for 'privileges'. This may make your head spin, but that's your issue to deal with. We the People can give, and WtP can take back.
eaodak 1 year ago
@eaodak Bla bla bla, typical libsoc morons. Property and its protection from would-be thieves like you is your right, not a privilege. Given that Madison authored the Constitution, given how amendments like the fifth protect property, and given how your opinion is not based on anything valid, it could very well be deduced that your interpretation is fundamentally wrong. But what can we expect from a troll? All I can say is, thank God you only got one vote to waste!
MegaKolen 1 year ago
@MegaKolen "Bla bla bla, typical libsoc morons." There we go Scum Bag, I knew you could hardly control yourself. You must be sputtering on the other end of this connection, I bet you nearly pissed your pants....
Get it straight, NO ONE takes your opinion into account, except maybe your fast food manager. And even then, only the proper temperature for the fryolator. I in the other hand get paid for mine.....
Here's my advice. Go shoot yourself in the face, today. No one will miss you.
eaodak 1 year ago
@MegaKolen "But what can we expect from a troll?" Your mom is a 'troll' and she lives under the bridge. Too bad you failed abortion that your mommy did not stick that coat hanger up her nasty snatch a little harder and for a little longer.... Just think, one more good poke and scramble and you would not be wasting air... Oh the shame.
eaodak 1 year ago
@MegaKolen HEY! Nice sanitized account! Is this your 'I am a BIG Pussy account'? I love the Losers that create a WHOLE NEW account to peddle their bullshit. I would tell you to 'be a man', but lets be honest, failed abortion, you are no man.
You are My Dog, I am Your Master.
eaodak 1 year ago
@eaodak Wow, what an amazing response. It's just so sharp and overwhelms me with its sheer logic.
Seriously, troll, get a life.
MegaKolen 1 year ago
@MegaKolen Yawn....
You are truly My Dog, and I am most certainly Your Master. Now be good or I'll stick you back in Your Hole again...
eaodak 1 year ago
@eaodak If you really think that you scored a victory, youre by far more delusional than I could ever imagine.
Seriously, troll get a life. You've lost, I've won. Get over it
MegaKolen 1 year ago
@MegaKolen Virgin, you lost before your computer was even warmed up....
Go shoot yourself in the face, absolutely no one will miss you.
eaodak 1 year ago
@MegaKolen Want to know what all those lound 'CRASH''s are all around you? It's the sound of me slamming what was left of your manhood to the ground.... Just happened again.
Don't worry, you never had a chance. Because...
You are My Dog, I am Your Master.
eaodak 1 year ago
@eaodak Seriously, troll get a life. You've lost, I've won. Get over it
MegaKolen 1 year ago
@MegaKolen Yes, you are indeed a 'winner' LOL!
Again, your Mom is a troll and lives under the bridge near my house. The villagers are forming a raiding party now...
Once again, you confirm that You are My Dog, and I am Your Master..... 'Winner' LOL!
eaodak 1 year ago
@eaodak Seriously, troll get a life. You've lost, I've won. Get over it
MegaKolen 1 year ago
@MegaKolen Yes 'Winner' you have 'won' LOL. I'm sure when I throw My other Dog a bone, he thinks he 'won' too...LOL!
You REALLY are My Bitch, and I am CLEARLY Your Master.
eaodak 1 year ago
@eaodak Seriously, troll get a life. You've lost, I've won. Get over it
MegaKolen 1 year ago
@MegaKolen You give new definition to Loser, My Bitch...
You are My Dog, I am Your Master.
eaodak 1 year ago
@eaodak Seriously, troll get a life. You've lost, I've won. Get over it
MegaKolen 1 year ago
@MegaKolen You give new definition to Loser, My Bitch...
You are My Dog, I am Your Master.
eaodak 1 year ago
@eaodak Seriously, troll get a life. You've lost, I've won. Get over it
MegaKolen 1 year ago
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@MegaKolen Nice fake account, You give new definition to Loser, My Bitch...
You are My Dog, I am Your Master.
eaodak 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
@MegaKolen You give new definition to Loser, My Bitch...
You are My Dog, I am Your Master.
eaodak 1 year ago
@MegaKolen
"eaodak" sounds like Charlie Sheen.
klrdotorg 11 months ago
@MegaKolen But you are still a douche bag!
eaodak 1 year ago
Thank you! Excellent work, and a breath of fresh air.
dwgogo1637 1 year ago 18
A terrific rendition of John Galt's speach. Whoever put this together ..... THANK YOU VERY MUCH INDEED.
WONDERFUL !
tywilliams100 1 year ago
What a bunch of ad hominen waste of comments. Neither of you knows anything about the other's love or "real world" life, so stop pretending to.
SculptedThoughts 1 year ago
@GaltSpeaking I love the use of Fred Thompson as President Thompson, nice touch. By the way, can you block this guy, he's being a real pain in the ass.
And, Goddamn eaodak, stop spamming this comment section.
goffchr 1 year ago
@goffchr Go fuck yourself, I'm exercising my rights to free speech asshole. Go play Randist Totalitarian with someone else, I'll only end up hurting you and making you cry....
eaodak 1 year ago
@eaodak you are just another proof that humanity has not made any progress since the dark ages.. your comments are nonsense unless you're one of the Government agents or commies.
You're filthy coward deserving of a bullet and ready for a master.
That's right you piece of shit, showing true colors! Pathetic troll, good puppy
do something useful with your life rather than trolling on youtube...
JohnGaltHasSpoken 1 year ago
@JohnGaltHasSpoken Uh oh, do I have to make another one of you cry now?
I'm not sure what womb of puss and scum and pig shit you fell out of, but pay your taxes or your future will be prison or execution. I'll volunteer to do the shooting for my cuntry!
You are My Dog, I am Your Master. Bitch.
eaodak 1 year ago
@eaodak If you think anyone would "cry" after that insult, you are even more lost than I thought. Youre just a trolling dolt who thinks they affect people's lives WAY more than they really do. It would've been funny if it wasn't so pathetic...
..ah, whatever, I'll laugh anyway. ROFLMAO
freemanrevolution 1 year ago
@freemanrevolution
1) You're not 'free', you're my slave
2) You are not and never will be a 'man'
3) We will execute you after your failed 'revolution'
Now look in the mirror. If I looked like you, I'd have cause to cry....
eaodak 1 year ago
@eaodak Uncreative repetition is a step down from where you are, if that was possible.
Are you insane or something? What do you mean "we"? There is only you. We need to send you to an insane asylum! You have a multiple personality disorder!
freemanrevolution 1 year ago
@freemanrevolution I have a guilty pleasure tormenting douche bags such as yourself. What can I say!
Listen up Virgin, once some girl pays you the time of day, or more likely, once you pay some girl some cash, and you actually touch a real woman's breast, you'll give up all of this Ayn Rand nonsense.
A consistent lack of pussy is your problem Virgin.
eaodak 1 year ago
@eaodak Again with the bad grammer! The only reason you are torturing me is because I can't stand how pathetic you are! I never thought it was possible for any human being to fall as low as you have. I can imagine moss and bacteria, but not people. You truly have shown me otherwise. Congratulations. You have reached the nirvana of depravity.
freemanrevolution 1 year ago
@eaodak Also, your grammer is horrendously bad
freemanrevolution 1 year ago
@freemanrevolution You really have no idea what pedantic means...lol
eaodak 1 year ago
@eaodak Now we gotta get you to an asylum. We can't have insane nutjobs with multiple personality disorders like yourself running around
freemanrevolution 1 year ago
@freemanrevolution Yawn.... Like I said Virgin, the day you get your naked penis within a yard of a non-related female, you 'revolution' will be a mere memory...
You continue to display your small mindedness. But as long as you don't mind getting pwned, you can keep coming back for more abuse....
Bye Virgin!
eaodak 1 year ago
@eaodak Yea, denial of reality is another sign of insanity. Thats why we need to get you to an asylum!
freemanrevolution 1 year ago
@freemanrevolution What are you babbling about now Virgin?
You must be the pride of your trailer park....
How does your fast food manager feel about you taking so much time away from the fry machine to post on YouTube?
eaodak 1 year ago
@eaodak Do you think repeating yourself makes you seem smarter? Forget it. Repetition is the trademark of idiots such as yourself. Idiots who belong in asylums, like yourself.
freemanrevolution 1 year ago
@freemanrevolution Repeat myself? You mean, point out the truth? I'm sorry that your terminal virginity is a cross for you, but the truth is the truth. You may as well hear it.
Now I'd really love to finish listening to your brilliant analysis of Austrian v Keynesian economics, but I just want you to finish taking my order for a Big Mac....
eaodak 1 year ago
@eaodak Nah, just repeating asinine chickenshit. You indeed are showing signs of delusion, yet another symptom of insanity. We need to get you to that asylum pronto!
freemanrevolution 1 year ago