The comment about Treason being racist is ludicrous. In the novel, those "apes and monkeys" have a productive and complex society, have produced much advanced physics including FTL travel, and have conquered most of the continent. In fact, the "apes and monkeys" comment comes in the context of mentioning how they have…

What is tiresome is the leftie editorializing that permeates much criticism, distasteful even in the best of circumstances much less the unsupported name calling here.

Nice racism - Atlas Shrugged didn't have an all white case - the actors playing Eddie Willers and Francisco D'Anconia weren't. And even if they were, so what? There are all black movies and tv shows, all asian, all latino, etc. Only when it comes to white people is it suddenly an issue.