Yes and as much good as he did it was all non-structural and complete eroded by the early 2000s

Hello awebb,
I would ask: May I have an interview? :) In this case the questions are like Lay's potato chips...
Respectfully,
O.A.

She wanted us to Shrug at the time she wrote it.

Today, it's a longer road back. JG might well die and hope his children are better at persuading producers to shrug.

Reagan proved that gradualism and compromise accomplish nothing except to help the enemy. I will not help any politician who won't cut the budget -- and that doesn't mean just "slow the rate of increase" or "temporarily sequester".

dbhalling: I understand that, In Atlas Shrugged,
he thought (incorrectly) "She would never want to
leave him and he would never have the right to leave..." which was wrong, because of course he
had the right to leave. But I think, as long has he thought like that, it would have been better
if he had just abstained until he realized that he
really did have the right to leave.-Of course,
once Lillian discovered who it was and had the
option of divorce and turned it down, she was
at fault for betraying him and Dagny to the gov-
ernment.

To clarify, are we asking assuming she had continued to live to this day, or could we ask her a question if she still exists even though she has passed on? That would be incredibly illustrative to me - and I suspect to many others.

Excellent point

What is the question?

My question would be: "Can you please clarify self ownership and its origins in Man?

hear hear

So Sad, yet True. I liked Dagny Taggart's character, yet I was saddenned to read from Rand's own notes that she criticized her on being to gullible in her pride. Basically shoes that the female world seems so mucho more competitive than the male one, especially nowadays. Women are proving to be quite superior in many aspects, I won't deny this. Hello Mike, just realized it was you answering. Got another like from me

It's really strange how incredible women can have a poor view of their own sex.

Atlas Distribution is working on a movie (Queen of the Desert) about Gertrude Bell who was this really "ahead of her times" woman. She helped define the Middle East... yet she thought women shouldn't be allowed to vote.

I have a question that's more psychological than filosofical, though it can later be translated to that. How come all her male heroes are rather masoquistic (Howard Roark, Hank Rearden, Francisco D'Alconia, John Galt)? Is it that she can acount for a man's greatness according to how much they can endure? Of course Galt would be the utopia of this, and I can understand the that this may have something to do with the Bolchevique Revolution she witnessed as a child but; yet in general it seems that they all set themselves up for sacrifice. Mind you I'm not saying she is a sadist, but it is rather peculiar that these male figures are strong based on endurance mostly, rather than more virtuous reasons. Something of the "one man against the world" ordeal I suppose. Anyway, that's what I'd ask her.

I'm a hardcore atheist, but I would be hard pressed to argue against the proposition that the Founding Fathers were demigods.

One question is not enough.

+1 Well said and I agree.

Double flagged.

I have the luck of a quarter Irish born on St. Patrick's Day.

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For Galt's sake, check your premises.
Having read hundreds of Jan's posts, I can't say if Jan is a man or a woman from the reasoning of the arguments made. Jan is a well reasoned Gulcher and has earned my respect.

I think I would be frightened if she had no fallibilities.

And then consider also how many men look up to her for having significantly influenced their lives. She, by example was changing many previous perceptions and mores.

"Looking up" is probably not the best characterization. It implies the pedestal thing. I prefer "gaining respect" for intellectual achievements.