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Care to explain more on your view of Rand's message? Or at least provide pointers?

• xenophanes 16y ago
  There is lots of information about Rand online, e.g. here: http://aynrandlexicon.com/ http://aynrandlexicon.com/ And besides her novels she wrote books like _Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal_ where she, for example, discusses the history of the railroads, and how many of them took government money, and her objections to that, and how unfair/dumb it is that those people -- those Government suckups -- got called capitalists/industrialists and the free market gets blamed for their misdeeds. Rand covered a lot of ground. She was big on there being objective truth -- it's not all just opinion. She was big on reason -- she wanted human civilization to make progress by people using their minds. She liked science but criticized scientists overly concerned with funding, for example, at the expense of boldly seeking potentially unpopular truths. She liked entrepreneurs because they transform the world for the better, and lead the way for progress. She liked heros who do great things, and encouraged people not to settle for mediocre lives. She hated pseudo-intellectuals who espouse unclear, socialist, altruist/sacrificial, or subjectivist philosophy. She hated people who wanted to power over other men, and favored those who wished power only over nature. She hated collectivism; it does things like take away individual responsibility, and also sacrifice some individuals for the sake of the collective. She hated sacrifice and the altruism that advocates self-sacrifice. She wanted individual people to be able to have lives that matter if they merit it, with no one to stop them. There's lots more. Hope that helps.