AYN RAND & THE PROPHECY OF ATLAS SHRUGGED - Official Film Trailer

[Lessismorris17]

Individuality is important, but selfishness is a fool's game. There always has to be a balance

[Claverleykid1]

Now I do enjoy Rands philosophy, It's an interesting way at looking at the world, but she spent her remaining years living off benefits. So she couldnt even do her own philosophy of objectiviam

[ChasingCharles]

@Claverleykid1 that is simply not true. do some research on the matter, you'll find the truth soon enough. (as did I)

[ChasingCharles]

@Claverleykid1 why would a wealthy best-selling novelist, who hates government hand-outs, resort to contradicting herself and a philosophy she took decades to formulate, promote and defend?

[reardenmedals]

Saw the actual movie last night. Well worthwhile. About 30-40 people in the theater (lite, but better than I thought it might be).

[BobMoran1]

This is not about the rich. This is about a system where you can succeed on your own merit without the intervention of government. There will never be a valid rebellion against the successful man. The successful man will simply go be successful elsewhere, while the looters and moochers eat each other for lack of being able to survive without creativity and altruistic intervention. Without the successful man, you are finished. It is telling that you comment even though you have not read the book.

[erentheca]

3 people are looters.

[joyirisstaveley]

The supposed poor and middle class are already starting a rebellion on the rich while they are, at the same time, receiving more welfare than ever before, and while 50% of the people in the U.S. pay no income tax at all!

[CuriousGeorgeMonkey9]

Sure, let's ditch altruism. But don't come crying to me when the poor and the middle class start a rebellion against the rich.

[dobaman101]

Is this doco going to deal with the fact she took welfare?

[CuriousGeorgeMonkey9]

Government, large corporations, and the Federal Reserve are all to blame for our current economic crisis. Keep in mind that politicians are like clowns, but it's Wall Street who runs the circus.

[pcc68]

@CuriousGeorgeMonkey9

Like all rest, you're dead wrong. Financial collapse came because of a LACK of regulation. THere's a chart you can find that shows the cycle of failure since deregulation began. She challenges altruism, but she took welfare. Maybe she think welfare isn't altruism, and I agree. It should be a right, that if you fall on hard times your country and your people won't just leave you in the open to die of of exposure like cavemen did to the old and infirm.

[CuriousGeorgeMonkey9]

@pcc68 Keep in mind that Wall Street has bought out most of our politicians. Yes, regulation is necessary, but it shouldn't come at the expense of liberty and individual freedoms. Government, large corporations, and the Federal Reserve are all three sides of the same evil three-sided coin. That being said, I completely disagree with Ayn Rand her "objectivist" ideas. However, I also believe that welfare should be managed at the state level in order to ensure constitutionality.

[PeaknikMicki]

@pcc68 you have (conveniantly?) left out the impact of fractional reserve banking, the federal reserve system and croney capitalism / socialism for the rich from your comment. Regulations are mainly needed because of that. In a free capitalistic society with osound money we should not have had a credit bubble, falsified statistics and bailouts of losers.

[MrAdvancedAtheist]

China's new millionaires apparently have the right idea. They want to get citizenship in other countries and move their fortunes away from the "progressives" who run China's government.

[reardenmedals]

I can't wait. Hopefully, I can get the local theater interested. They did end up showing the A/S pt1 movie.