Ayn Rand Interview with Tom Snyder, (1 of 3)

Seeing as how we only have a few other interviews with Rand up here on Youtube, I thought I'd add this one to the list. Lesser known then the Phill Donahue or Wallace ones, it is still a treat to see her in action.

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[Nature89]

@Sreeragxyz Martin Luther King wanted to secure freedom and equality for his race, family, friends, loved ones, and himself. Rand defines "sacrifice" as surrendering a higher value to a lesser one. That would be evil. But King did not sacrifice himself; he worked tirelessly to attain a great value that was irrationally removed from him and his race. Ayn Rand detested racism; she likely respected King.

[NoGoodBoyo1000]

@notengonickcojones Then why does she have more admirers here than in Europe? 

[SuperCLabs]

@Avidcomp Good points. There was a time that I held disdain for the common man, whether they be American, English or French for that matter. Showing contempt for a person who isn't well versed in literature or lacks refinement is boorish in itself. Especially when that person is busily engaged in producing the very products you buy at the local store. A businessman may never read a book but without him I would not have a car to drive, an Ipad, or the food on my table to consume.

[SuperCLabs]

@bduhe219 Your statement demonstrates a total lack of understanding of Ayn Rand and objectivism. How can I refute your position on this basis? Are you actually suggesting that I cannot live on my own in society without the help of others? What nonsense.

[SuperCLabs]

@RealTrueTarget

Utopia is an artificial construct of the state, whereby it engineers the perfect world. What Ayn Rand advocated was freedom and the right of the individual to pursue happiness. In a free economy there is no power, the only power you hold is your ability to make better products and better services than your competition. What you are talking about is corporatism. Please learn the distinction before making such sweeping statements.

[EspecialMoviesByJohn]

Incredible, amazing, I am so very humbled and regretting I am out of time to learn what I should have learned a a child.

[theredscourge]

@ezzerdamoose i dont think you can blame her for selfishness. i know a lot more selfish people than myself who have never heard of Ayn Rand, so i do not feel that it is right to use rhetoric to try and direct people away from Rand merely because you disagree with part of what she says. i dont fully agree with anyone, i weigh all input and consider all options (maybe not equally, im not perfect). FYI, Rand highly respected Nietzsche.

[theredscourge]

@ezzerdamoose sometimes the experts speak in a language too complicated to be properly comprehended by a new english speaker, the works of shakespeare come to mind. if however you learn from a new source you are more likely to have the modern dialect threaded throughout your learnings. true, some people don't care about their job, and some people are too trusting, these things happen. i do know that it is wrong to write off something completely based on a strawman argument scenario

[lesliekorshak]

What a great, great guy who did his best to always elevate while interesting and amusing his audience... Golly! We all miss you Tom!

[kerron68]

i like this interviewer. Many I have watched on youtube are just bigots

[ezzerdamoose]

@theredscourge As for the selfishness, it's a live and well without the promotion of that contankerous tart. Seriously, if you want a guilt free weltanshauung, free of primitive and simplistic moral codes and values to hedge your bets on, go with a real philosopher, like Nietzsche. He was not a hateful misanthrope.

[ezzerdamoose]

@theredscourge Spent nearly ten years in East Asia undoing the damage by underqulified language teachers. From incomprehensible pronunciation, convoluted theories on grammar and some of the weirdest symantical challenges are the way of the day in a country like China where people are learning from people who just don't know what they are teaching. You're more likely to more harm than good, develop bad habits that later need to be unlearned. Go with the expert.