Thanks LP, excellent essay.
I noticed your use of "rational self-interest", a phrase I prefer over Rand's insistence on "selfishness". It's very difficult to get over the negative stigma that "selfishness" raises in many people. They are turned off before they even find out what she means by it.

Atlas Shrugged is daunting to many people because of its length and the amount of thought it evokes. I saw a headline earlier today to the effect that the average attention span is about 8 seconds. That doesn't encourage me to believe the next generation will read AS. Maybe they will watch the movie ... probably while scrolling their phones!

Good work.

Barack Obama refutes Hank Rearden. "you didn't build that..."

https://libertypen.substack.com/p/why...

Obama summed up "We rise or fall together as one nation and as one people, and that’s the reason I’m running for President — because I still believe in that idea. You’re not on your own, we’re in this together."

All for one and one for all. A Socialists' fantasy, An Individualists' nightmare.

Whoa! "The (Schiff) is about the fan" "An Inconvenient Study" about kids who took the Covid shots and those who did not.

Then there is Trump's recent (last Friday) comment on vaccines:
Trump was asked Friday during an Oval Office meeting about Kennedy's vaccine mandate changes, which include limiting which children are eligible for vaccines.
"I think you have to be very careful when you say that some people don't have to be vaccinated," Trump said of Kennedy's vaccine mandates for children.
"They're just, pure and simple — they work," he added. "They're not controversial at all. And I think those vaccines should be used."
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/05/trum...

My guess is that Trump knows he was wrong on the 2020 "vaccine" and has never admitted it. (When does he ever admit any error?)
Trump doesn't want to be wrong again so he speaks like Bill Clinton.

I completely miss the point of the one with the hearse in front of the capitol. It makes as much sense as Trump on vaccines.

The first two are great, OUC. Thank you. 👍

Not a problem at all - hop;e all is well!

Tis more than obvious that a gargantuous gang of greedy, sneaky all about the money gators Deep State lurk in The Swamp.
So what there's an outbreak of little kids with autism when soul less reptiles are rolling in big money?
And how dare a goody two-shoes like RFK Jr get in the way? Disease is our god. For that he deserves to be slandered and libeled for messing with our obscene bloated profits.
To think he was spawned by Democrats! Yeah, like Tulsi! What do they have against cheating to steal power and making dirty untold riches?

I wish you good luck (truly). Were I younger I may have been more willing to explore your offer.

Thanks for posting, OUC! This "controversy" has to be worked out and transparency to the public is the only way. Number 2 could use 2 more: Big pharma pays to have mRNA called a vaccine; Big pharma charges YOU to pay for all the above.

I'm still glad I never got the jab (I won't call it a vaccine).

Sorry for the late set, lot's of stuff goin on at home.

>>it would seem Objectivists (Ayn Rand supporters) are exactly who you are looking for
Objectivists are one of the groups that I target. (Libertarians, Preppers are others that I can think off). So I familiarity with AR ( and no opposition to her views) is just a starting point, but not sufficient.

>> why would you come here to elicit support in your endeavors from people you dislike and open a dialog with an insult?
Because there are always exceptions. 4 people have contacted me in the time that I have been around on this forum. ( 1.5 of them has hung on for over 2 years, the other never took off).

"List them..." No need on my part as I clearly stated "It has been my life experience..." I am relating to you my personal experiences. After reading some of your narrative given in the link above it appears your suppositions are a product of your life experiences since you don't offer much in the line of citation other than what you wrote. For example you give a bullet list of what you think are characteristics of persons of average or less than average intelligence have without citation of the source of your claims. Just like you offer no citation of your claim about admirers of Ayn Rand being incapable of cooperating with themselves or others. In other parts of your narrative it would seem Objectivists (Ayn Rand supporters) are exactly who you are looking for, since they are usually quite intelligent, skillful in many ways, and have their thoughts grounded in reality.

Of course it's personal when I am a member of the set of people you choose to stereotype in a negative way. If you've already made up your mind concerning Ayn Rand supporters, why would you come here to elicit support in your endeavors from people you dislike and open a dialog with an insult? Now I'm scratching my head.

Thank you! 👍

https://rumble.com/v6ylcle-del-bigtre...

This is on Rumble...

The link should be available Tuesday. You "heard it here first"! Haha...

Hey, if they don't like it, they can move ... to Commifornia. ;^)

Sorry, Abaco, I must have missed a link here to the documentary.

Ayn Rand supporters cooperate with each other and others very well

List them and give me links.
( may be I'm observing the wrong groups including this one )

>>if I choose to not cooperate with your (or any) false premise, does that somehow make me a loner with bad tendencies?

mccannon01, why the hell do you have to take it personally? ( the stereotypes that I form of a bunch of people - are just that: a stereotype. Does not speak about individuals. Also just to reinstate what I put in my previous post: "Notice I did not say they have to co-operate with me")

It has been my life experience (I'm 73) that Ayn Rand supporters cooperate with each other and others very well so I find your supposition "It's simple really most Ayn Rand admirers are bad at co-operating with each other..." to be a false accusation. However, with that said, if I choose to not accept or cooperate with your (or any) false premise, does that somehow make me a loner with bad tendencies?

The first set about Trump-is-dead rumors was humorous and a great start for my Sunday! The next two sets are more serious, but to the point of the moment! Chicago is getting what they voted for - I hope they like it although I've seen a few videos where they do not! Seeing the Chicago mayor give a speech on the steps of city hall reminds me of the scene in the movie "Untouchables" where Al Capone stands on the steps giving a similar anti-fed speech. Chicago voted for the wrong guy then, too.

Side note: I notice the BB editors missed the spelling of the word "enlistments". After Trump's interdiction at sea I wonder by how much the 100k/yr drug deaths will be reduced.

"Boo-hoo-hoo! Oh, those poor precious narcoterrorists!" = TDS only because Donald did it.

I'm scratching my head, either I did not explain well or you misunderstood me, or a bit of both.

How would you rephrase the last paragraph that I put, if you were to put it in your own words?
(It's simple really most Ayn Rand admirers are bad at co-operating with each other , either that or they simply don't want to co-operate. Notice I did not say they have to co-operate with me)

LMAO.
Just adder another one, Dino
. . . and I thought it was a slow news week !

Because lefty men can get pregnant, Orange Man Bad 24/7 keeps all dem dim Dems on the rag.

We have become accustomed to Trump being everywhere 24/7. Even the lefties were freaking out because he wasn't around for a few days.

He deserves a break today . . .