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"This is John Galt speaking..." PART NINE



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THE MEN OF THE MIND and VALUE AND VIRTUE
Ninth section of an ongoing project to explore Galt's Speech from Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand using images and video from current events. NOTE: These videos do not purport to be definitive or authoritative. Ayn Rand is not responsible for any unintentional misrepresentations created by my editing. If these videos interest you, please visit the Ayn Rand Institute (www.AynRand.com)for more.
Text by Ayn Rand Read by Christopher Hurt Edited for YouTube by XCowboy2 Music by John Williams. For the full novel read unabridged, visit BlackstoneAudio.com An XCowboy2 Production Ed. note: Very happy with this one. It was a VERY hard job because there's just no let up- 7 minutes straight of
it are individual shots- scads of different video sources and I probably watch and reject ten for every one I use. As a result this one took twice as long as usual- fortunately my computer crashed only a few times. All that said- this one was my favorite to work on so far. Technically, it's my best
yet- image quality is high and I'm proud of how it flows. "Value and Virtue" is sort of a companion piece to Part Six: "The Standard of Morality", appropriately. Same music and a similar ending. Notice that in Parts 5-9 the images are moving slowly forward in time from the destruction of the dinosa
urs to primates to cavemen to ancient man to ancient greece etc. I'm deliberately trying to do a panorama of human history. Part Ten: "Happiness" and "The Trader Principle" are next- I'm hoping for delivery this weekend as I did half of Part Ten already before I decided the "The Men of the Mind" bel
onged here. Enjoy! DISCLAIMER: The warriors are intended to be understood as Athenian not Spartan. My mistake. It's a poetic metaphor and not an endorsement of any kind of warrior mentality. I chose an assertive set of 'virtue' images precisely because Galt is at war with the looters. But I don't w
ant to excuse or romanticize the Spartans. K? Objectivist Objectivism Libertarian Capitalist Reason Egoism Individualism Atheism Religion Politics Philosophy


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I want to say that ... ( 9 months ago by soitoldhimno)
I want to say that I LOVE the choice of the Athenian soldiers. The timing is perfect with, "Self-esteem is his inviolate certainty that his person is worthy of happiness, which means, is worthy of living." Don't replace the soldiers with engineers, it is perfect as it is. Especially because the images of the soldiers come both after and before images of the many other heroic aspects of ancient Greek life. I see the point you are making with that juxtaposition. Awesome videos, keep it up.
Thank you XCowboy! ... ( 8 months ago by agent614)
Thank you XCowboy! After spending an entire day with leftist law students who have some vague ambitions of acquiring material wealth while cursing the very institutions that make it possible, I find oasis in your visions and renewed purpose for what I want to accomplish. Keep it up; you're keeping at least one mind from being drowned in the modern ethics
The montage of the ... ( 8 months ago by GammaRat)
The montage of the city with crickets chirping in the background sent a chill up my spine. Keep up the great work, this is awesome.
PS: Ditto on Francisco's speech - then send that to everybody on youtube who claims to know anything about economics!
Want me to come ... ( 7 months ago by SnapeSoul)
Want me to come back? Take off the chains.
I love the definition of human in Galt's speech...reason, purpose, self-esteem. Interesting that so many of these values are found in the Greek and Roman times...
This is beautiful. ... ( 7 months ago by petrsakharov)
This is beautiful. Well done.
If you want to ... ( 7 months ago by OnGuard4Liberty)
If you want to create a society based on liberty and reason, check out FreeStateProject(dot)org
He speaks as though ... ( 5 months ago by dsmfishgal)
He speaks as though there are two distinct groups, the small minority of achievers who claim a monopoly on human ingenuity, and the rest of us who apparently have contributed absolutely nothing and are just along for the ride. How biased and self-righteous. Rockefeller didn't invent the wheel. Ancient Arab and African civilizations were once, long ago, the birthplace of progress and innovation. Yet, the wealthiest few now feel entitled to claim the brilliance of all of mankind as their own.
Well there is a ... ( 5 months ago by subach)
Well there is a small minority of achievers, but such achievers claim no monopoly, anyone who puts in the effort can join them in achievement. But there is the other group, those that would claim to the right to that which they did not achieve.
If only we were ... ( 5 months ago by dsmfishgal)
If only we were operating in a fair system. But in a time where corporations are legal human entities, entitling them essentially to "super human" status, monopolies do exist and people are excluded from enjoying fair competition. Small businesses and startups are finding it harder and harder to break into the scene these days, defying the basic tenets of a capitalist system. Though yes, there are some who exploit the situation of growing socioeconomic disparities. Some even on the bottom.
The only way ... ( 5 months ago by subach)
The only way corporation can gain special rights is if political powers give them those rights. Get rid of governments and inequality will fall.
This is mere ... ( 4 months ago by jspen2)
This is mere sophistry filtered through an atheistic Protagorian. When you have learned to read the Hellenic classics in the original Greek then you may speak of truth, logic and reason.
do not banish the ... ( 4 months ago by chosen19139)
do not banish the governments. They serve some purpose far apart from that which they now occupy. Make government what it was originally intended to be and inequality will fall and those who are willing to put forth the effort can succeed.
I appreciate your ... ( 4 months ago by chosen19139)
I appreciate your hard work XCowboy. You are truly spreading the words of Ayn Rand in a manner she would have been proud of. You provide a small patch of intelligence in a world full of those John Galt spoke. Truly Ayn's vision of todays world is complete. Only hard work and intellect can now save us.
It's not possible. ... ( 4 months ago by subach)
It's not possible. When presented the opportunity by politicians, people will always attempt to use the government to steal from those who are more productive than them. History shows governments always grow until they collapse under their own weight, they never shrink.
Bravo! ( 4 months ago by GamblerJustice)
Bravo!
"Men of the Mind" ... ( 4 months ago by 1978RDC21)
"Men of the Mind" is probably my favorite. It sums up many of the negatives rearding Communism/ Socialism, and simultaneously discusses why Capitalism works.
According to the ... ( 3 months ago by karrathe)
According to the Greek myth, Niobe boasted of her superiority to Leto because the goddess only had two children, the twins Apollo and Artemis, while Niobe had fourteen children (the Niobids), seven male and seven female.[3] Her famously quoted speech which caused the indignation of the goddess is as follows:
I know, but a guy ... ( 3 months ago by chosen19139)
I know, but a guy can dream and hope and work for his future cant he?
Great video but I'm ... ( 3 months ago by stars1861)
Great video but I'm a little confused-is he saying that only the "achievers" matter in society and those who labor for and purchase his products don't? Seems to me that without them there wouldn't be much achivement. Or maybe I've got it wrong.
the thing you're ... ( 2 months ago by davidngo4415)
the thing you're missing is that there aren't just "consumers" or "creators". You have to create SOMETHING of value in order to purchase anything. You have to earn MONEY by providing someone value. So in a free market system, it is anyone who creates VALUE who matters. A baker may not create computers, but can trade his expertise in baked goods for money which can be exchanged for a computer. In this way, a free and prosperous society works.
Work for your ... ( 2 months ago by GamblerJustice)
Work for your dreams. Is is the future any man of the mind deserves and
if your dreams are not consistent with reality or are immoral, abandon them.
It is* ( 2 months ago by GamblerJustice)
It is*
reason logic ... ( 3 weeks ago by stomachknot)
reason logic rationality honesty practicality justice
purpose happyness idependece currage productivness
self esteam worthy of living integrety conviction thinking mind pride
rason pupose selfesteam=pride comes before the fall
you canot fake existance=John Gault??
improducitvity=nonexistance=death= dissagree they are just lazy
I seem to remember ... ( 1 week ago by Martintfre)
I seem to remember a bit out of Atlas Shrugged where Dagny is riding on a train and admiring the floor sweeper. Not that the mundane laborer was creating some new inventive thing that no one else could create but the simple honest way of some one who was willing to earn a living rather the demanding things from another simply because they exist.



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