I guess the original meaning behind my question was that, at least in the third movie, characters like Galt seemed one-dimensional, we don't see who they are as people. Perhaps that was the point. They seemed to talk only about business, with little depth to the character. I'm in the middle of the book and it seems to be less the case there.

38 years an Objectivist. I've read everything she's written.
(That doesn't mean I can't be wrong but, in this case, I am not.)

She did not support private ownership of military grade weapons.
I'm not talking hand guns and rifles. I'm talking tanks and missiles.

Libertarians believe you should be able to buy nukes. Anarchists insist on it.
Ayn Rand did not.

I could point you to the relevant passages, but in light of your discourtesy I'll simply say, "Look it up."

I can understand how Dagny and Jim Taggart could be so different. It depends on what was expected of each child growing up. Was one favored? Which parent did the child wish to emulate most? Then, using all their observations, how did they apply them to life. Each is an individual, with their own way of interpreting and applying lessons of life. No two children in a family are treated exactly the same. Dad taught me the realities of life, while my older step=brother was treated like a heir apparent to the throne by his mom. Sam house, different people with different results.

It's hard to forgive a group who believes in being "stronger together" or making everyone feel good without regard to reality. Maybe they're not really women if they don't go along with female culture. Or maybe the "stronger together" view of female culture is a media lie.

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You mis-defined by calling her characters Libertarian. Ha ha to the latter point.

Thanks. I will read it.

There's more to my Atlas Shrugged project on Conservapedia than the biography of John Galt. I have bios of Dagny, Hank, Francisco, Ragnar, Midas, Ellis Wyatt--everyone in fact, except maybe Lillian or Tony Non-Absolute. I also have descriptions of the Taggart Bridge and Tunnel, Directive 10-289, and Project X.

A number of years ago my son and I were working with 3D software to come up with an interplanetary spacecraft design that was powered by the Casimir Effect. The Craft was organic looking (insectoid) about 5280 ft. long with quad pods on pylons extending out from the middle of the ship. The pods had open apertures where the Casimir Plates are, the energy derived was stored in carbon (Buckyball) matrix storage cells to power large plasma engines or alternatively electro-static thrust array.

I enjoyed reading this digest version of A.S. background and story expansion. Gave me a lot to think about.

You need to understand the differences between libertarianism and objectivism (AR's philosophy).
Without spending the time to spell it out, I will just say that her characters were definitely not "libertarian". But as you mis-defined the term, you are correct.

He was fighting against a corrupt political system. He sought to pull it down of its own weight. And he did. But his was a quintessentially political act, though it never once involved casting a ballot. He overthrew the system that placed the pretended ballot box.

Sorry to hear that. TN was a split state in Lincoln's Corporate Welfare War, so yankees have been there forever. I have friends (originally from NC) who love living in Nashville, too (probably 15+ years iirc.)

Yes, the panhandle is mostly a red area. Be happy that your family is from there. The East coast is awful when it comes to the political climate. But it is nice not to have a state income tax.

Me dino recalls Trump saying something nice about the voters of the Florida panhandle where my family has a place by a sizable lake.
It's kinda like an extension of Alabama with Panama City, FL, nicknamed "the Redneck Riviera," though Florida has a legal state lottery and no state taxes.

Yes, I heard about that happening in Nashville. They just can't help destroying wherever they go. What we need is one of those border walls that President Trump wants to build. A few years ago some New Hampshire state law maker wanted to make a law that would keep Conservatives out of the state....well, maybe it can work both ways. Yeah, right.

Objectivists are not Libertarians. They are very similar in the political spectrum, but there are significant differences.
(Rational limits on weapons ownership and objective vs subjective morality being two important ones.)

All the heros in AS are Obj's of course.

Dang Yankees are overrunning us here in Nashville, too. They really like it here, now they want to change it to just like the hell holes they came from.

Probably true. But living on the East coast of Florida, the Liberals coming in is like a wave.at high tide

Opposite thinking children is not an uncommon thing when one, close in age, perceives he/she lives in the shadow of the other.

Those "North Eastern Yankees" are mostly migrating to the east coast of Florida, while the west coast has filled up with midwesters and generally nicer people. So I have been told.