Ayn Rand—You Can Have it Any Way You Want, as Long as it's My Way

      Joy Pullman's review of the movie version of Ayn Rand's Fountainhaid seems to be a well-balanced criticism of how orthodoxy kills freedom—to the point where the new movie seemed leaden to her.  One of her observations is that Rand was a believer in solipsism, which has logical contradictions involved in believing in only one's self and trying to live within a social contract, and this conflict lies at the heart of the current tension between duties and rights.  For Americans, the explicit enumeration of rights was a necessity under King George III, duties were implicit, but now in an entitlement-minded society perhaps responsibilities need clarification—what does being a citizen mean?


      Do we need to go as far as stopping the automatic granting of citizenship to anyone born on American territory?  Should citizenship be restricted to only those that have served the Nation, as in Heinlein's Starship Troopers?  The fact that everyone can suck on an obese Nanny State's tit means that someone, somewhere has to feed the Beast as well—that's the current battlefield—at least until fat momma has to go on dialysis due to kidney failure.


       In any case, let's see what the movie actually feels like when viewed.