3/10
A mediocre philosophy gets a mediocre documentary
2 July 2012
Warning: Spoilers
This film does a decent job of providing an overview of how Ayn Rand zealots see the work. Seeing the world in black and white is what objectivism appears to be all about. There is no subtlety, externalities, random luck, economies of scale are all swept effortlessly under the table with the heavy hammer of the Rand dogma. One simplistic single sided argument after another tumble out of the mouths of the speakers. Facts are cherry picked and there is just an avalanche of criticisms of Rand's the critics rather than answering the real substantive questions about her ideas. I became quite bored watching a parade of cheerleaders whooping it up for Ayn. Objectivism is anything but objective in its world view. I think the first Harry Potter book sold a lot more copies than Atlas Shrugged and with good reason.
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