The Ayn Rand Recap for Monday September 9th, 2013

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Every Monday we here at Atlas Productions will spotlight and respond to the previous week’s most pervasive, popular, and pointed tweets about Atlas Shrugged and its author Ayn Rand.

Tuesday 9/3:
“@knuckles9753 Atlas Shrugged will be public domain in 2053, irony ?”
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No, not irony. Copyrighted works go up for bidding once their copyright expires. If no one buys the work, it enters the public domain. Or in other words, if no one values the work, no one purchases its rights. Somehow we don’t think that will happen.

Wednesday 9/4:
“@sarahcq Confession: I like Atlas Shrugged because of the Humanist elements. Ayn Rand and her followers ruin what that book should be about.”
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The humanist elements ARE what the book is about. Man is a creature who thinks independently. A free society is the best society because it allows man to think, decide, and live as he likes. That is what Galt’s Gulch represents.

Wednesday 9/4:
“@Comradeloewe418 If you believe in Ayn Rand and objectivism then you can please not use anything government funded? Only then can you preach to me about it”
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There is nothing wrong with using a program you have already paid into. The issue is a person being forced into paying into a program. In a free society, such as Galt’s Gulch, a man uses his money to pay for programs he finds valuable, not programs that others tell him he must find valuable.

Thursday 9/5:
“@word_boner If you see a car with a Who is John Galt? bumper sticker you're legally allowed to smash up to 2 windows”

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We sell “Who is John Galt?” bumper stickers and we’re aware of no such law. In fact, that type of law seems to be wildly anti-social and the opposite of freedom--using force against people who disagree with you.

If you want to risk it, you can purchase one of our bumper stickers here:
http://store.atlasshruggedmovie.com/offi...


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  • Posted by $ brewer37 10 years, 8 months ago
    I laugh every time I hear someone say "Ayn Rand took social security." Why not. She paid for it.
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    • Posted by $ rockymountainpirate 10 years, 8 months ago
      These are probably the same people who use the income tax refund as a savings account and blow it all on some toy as soon as it's cashed, never understanding that they have given the government a loan without any interest paid for that loan.
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    • Posted by richrobinson 10 years, 8 months ago
      Its such a hollow arguement. They take the money I would have invested for my retirement and when I retire they give it back with an eyedropper and then call me a hypocryte for accepting government money. I think its mine and I am sure I would have invested it better than they did.
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