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Betram Cooper tells Draper that they are different.. strong, capable, and self-interested. He recommends the younger protege read Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged after giving him a bonus check.

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[jcat3022]

Those who bash Rand & Atlas Shrugged always seem to be the ones that understand her & the book the least. If understood without a preconceived bias, it is the most powerful book ever written.

[stephleom]

I'm an Objectivist, and I've never met another Objectivist who's an asshole.. Maybe you mean Glenn Beck or Bill O'Reilly? these aren't Objectivist. Yaron Brook for example is an Objectivist, he isn't an asshole.. People on the internet keep saying Rand is for "self-righteous assholes" -well I've never met one, have you?

[FWYGINOND]

@stephleom First off, O'Reilly and Beck don't claim to be Objectivists, they just like Ms.Rand's work (even though I would argue that Bill O'Reilly, as a traditionalist conservative, doesn't actually believe in voluntaryism, minarchism, or liberty like Rand. He's more of a Teddy Roosevelt progressive-lite and Beck likes Rick Santorum, another big spendin' GOPer).

[Astroboy1971]

" I've never met another objectivist whos an asshole". Thats maybe because people like you suffer from Narcissism. Dont ask you if you are an asshole. Ask others.

[Astroboy1971]

@jcat3022 From a literacy point of view, It is a poor and very bad written book. And thats the most important fact in a book. The rest, like your opinion, comes obviously from a preconceived bias. Read more, im sure you will find really powerful books.

[timberskid]

A follower is a believer in another's doctrine who repeats like a parrot without thinking the things he or she hears and "believes". What most people don't understand is that Objectivists are the opposite of followers or disciples.. they are individuals who understand they must identify the world and search for truth with their own senses to form concepts by rational thought. Beliefs are not truths. Truths can only be determined by the law of identity, not by following what others believe.

[RodrigoNovo89]

Does anyone know in what chapter is it this scene?

Thanks!

[Crust218]

@WhyMeMoFo And when will that be? When "Rand disciples" inhabit an island and cannibalize themselves? Um-kay... Have fun waiting.

[Crust218]

@WhyMeMoFo I tested it out. It's illogical. Keep your $5.

[Crust218]

@WhyMeMoFo "Rand disciples" living on an island would not cannibalize themselves because there would be no intelligent reason for it. Each individual would realize that it would be in his/her own best, selfish interest to cooperate and use reason to grow crops, hunt for food, and build a society. Objective morality is about logic, and it's illogical to cannibalize humans when you yourself could be on the menu.

[NodrogTrax]

@stephleom That's because assholes can't smell themselves.