BTW, I find it interesting that Rand never had kids nor did any of her heroic characters. How would her philosophy deal with child-rearing, which is personally unprofitable but socially beneficial? A Randian businessman wouldn’t produce children of their own but would still rely on others to produce children to…

Alexandra Erin made an amusing point on Twitter: These guys miss the whole point of John Galt. The point was that he was a single, unique, irreplaceable individual. Rand would probably hate the fact that these mediocre kids were turning him into some catch-all populist symbol.

You think Chuck Bartowski wouldn’t be able to play a smart, good-hearted yet goofy and somewhat immature hero? Really?