The biggest opponents of free markets are the people that don't understand how free markets work.

The biggest opponents of free markets are the people that don't understand how free markets work.

The founder of Wikipedia is an Objectivist.

The founder of Wikipedia is an Objectivist.

You clearly do not understand Objectivism if you think it means "the most powerful people in society". Objectivists are not the most powerful people in society - the government is. And that's a bad thing. When the government has more power than its citizens, you are not living in a truly free society. Maybe you should…

You clearly do not understand Objectivism if you think it means "the most powerful people in society". Objectivists are not the most powerful people in society - the government is. And that's a bad thing. When the government has more power than its citizens, you are not living in a truly free society. Maybe you should…

Don't you want to be helped voluntarily, without the use of government force? And what makes you so certain that Obamacare "helps" anyone? It doesn't help people to wait in US Post Office-esque lines to take care of a bleeding ulcer, only to be told, "no, the guy that cut his finger was before you" - you really think…

Don't you want to be helped voluntarily, without the use of government force? And what makes you so certain that Obamacare "helps" anyone? It doesn't help people to wait in US Post Office-esque lines to take care of a bleeding ulcer, only to be told, "no, the guy that cut his finger was before you" - you really think…

@avclub-0beb34df7e9615cd43b9090989ca4848:disqus  - No, just the societies where corporations merge with the state, which is happening in the USA.

@avclub-0beb34df7e9615cd43b9090989ca4848:disqus  - No, just the societies where corporations merge with the state, which is happening in the USA.

@avclub-997f7e7989ed4ebf47ec45b062e05379:disqus  - I think it's appropriate to make a second one, because Rearden kept working even when he lost money. (And I understand that the movie made its money back on home video, apparently.)

@avclub-997f7e7989ed4ebf47ec45b062e05379:disqus  - I think it's appropriate to make a second one, because Rearden kept working even when he lost money. (And I understand that the movie made its money back on home video, apparently.)

@avclub-6a901742172397a9e4c31a159a982708:disqus  - there is NO rape in The Fountainhead. You're confusing rape (an involuntary action, which Rand opposed: taking another sexually by force) with 'rape fantasy', which is not actually rape:

@avclub-6a901742172397a9e4c31a159a982708:disqus  - there is NO rape in The Fountainhead. You're confusing rape (an involuntary action, which Rand opposed: taking another sexually by force) with 'rape fantasy', which is not actually rape:

@avclub-bca3531762af8a993c4f60c48fd5e33b:disqus  - Yes, you're correct. People would wait tables for money. I'm just saying that some people would still cook for themselves, so "Objectivist society" does not automatically mean that nobody eats.

@avclub-bca3531762af8a993c4f60c48fd5e33b:disqus  - Yes, you're correct. People would wait tables for money. I'm just saying that some people would still cook for themselves, so "Objectivist society" does not automatically mean that nobody eats.

How do you assume that I'm racist with no basis? Incidentally, no, Obama is not black. His anti-pot stances have resulted in many black men being put in prison due to the institutionalized racism inherent in the Drug War.

How do you assume that I'm racist with no basis? Incidentally, no, Obama is not black. His anti-pot stances have resulted in many black men being put in prison due to the institutionalized racism inherent in the Drug War.

No, I am not calling people parasites for having a different point of view. I am calling people parasites for insulting me and bragging about stealing other people's money despite being able to pay for things themselves.

No, I am not calling people parasites for having a different point of view. I am calling people parasites for insulting me and bragging about stealing other people's money despite being able to pay for things themselves.