Ayn Rand documentary 

When coming of age, I read The Fountain Head and Atlas Shrugged. Loved them❗❗

When you see her in interviews she is sharp, direct and defends her arguments with reasoning until the last drop. That creates a sense of antipathy for some people. But actually, here, the way she talks, you can see she is still a human, not a robot. One of my favorite american characters together with Thomas Sowell.

I do have to wonder if her belief that we should not be obligated to another because of a sense of obligation took seed in her mother saying she only took care of her children out of duty. An oversimplification, I’m sure, but I still wonder.

Inspiring. Great job both to the creator, and the provider of such content

Thank you, that was an excellent presentation.

I'm an objectivist and I'm used to seeing swill and dishonest content creators not understanding her and taking her out of context to construct strawman arguments. It was nice to see a video that was completely in her words. If you, the owner of this Channel, or anyone else have any questions concerning her philosophy, I'll be glad to answer honestly.

What Rand is saying is neither strange nor in any way revolutionary it is nothing more than anti-collectivist common sense. It is also a general principle to be applied to almost all situations. No one expects everyone to actually follow this or any other principle at all times and to the letter, life simply does not work that way. However, America has greatly benefited from this principle from the day of the first settlement. When the UK was more so, it rapidly became the workshop of the world and general standards of living rocketed as a consequence. The average worker went from a farm shack or hovel to a brick home with running water and mains drainage within less than 100 years, when his standard of living had hardly moved at all for the previous 1000 years. Socialism causes poverty it does not eliminate it, surely we all know this. Yes, of course, this principle not only should apply to the masses it must also to corporations and rich people as well, who invariably bend the collectivist system to their own benefit using lobbyists, so-called charitable foundations, corrupt politicians, bought and sold media companies, mind-numbingly foolish intellectuals, and other means. Indeed we now have taxpayer-funded socialism for the big corporations and mostly the free market for the common masses and small businesses, which is why the biggest corporations love collectivism and monopolies so very much to keep down or out competition to themselves. Indeed they often use trade unions to destroy their own up-and-coming often far more efficient and innovative competition, which is why these also love trade unions, which very often act against the interests of their own members, by keeping wages artificially low. Therefore this is NOT Ayn Rands's philosophy this is quite basic free market economics and a social policy that actually works rather than one that clearly does not yet cost the masses far more than they ever get out of it. Explaining to simple-minded people especially those with university degrees, quite how much their current collectivist system bleeds them dry without them really knowing that it is, is very difficult therefore we need a simple set of basic principles to be applied to our thinking and decision-making. The more we practice them the better off we all are, and I do mean everyone, but the very richest and most powerful. Collectivism is more like a return to serfdom or even slavery ruled over by a self-selected group of aristocrats and/or oligarchs who generally speaking make most of their easiest and largest fortunes from starting and getting other people to fight wars. All of these are financed at interest by the banksters, and exclusively paid for by a collectivist tax on the work, creativity, and productivity of the common people. This collectivist system is not destroyed or in any way adversely affected by Marxism it is all but perfectly reinforced and indeed institutionalized by it. Marxism is effectively centralized control under the direction of self-selected oligarchs working hand in glove with a World Central Bank. This is in fact the worse possible kind of capitalism a fascist wolf in sheep's clothing. The best way of seeing this in action is by looking at how all Western so-called democracies are currently being run. Marxism is not coming it is here and only really getting started robbing us all of absolutely everything. The good news is that they say we will be happy when we have nothing, I tend to disagree, you may believe otherwise.

Halfway thru The Fountainhead and it's amazing. Can't put it down. Looking forward to Atlas Shrugged! Such an amazing woman. Came to this country and not only learned, but mastered the English language and went on to write incredible novels and contribute immensely to the field of philosophy. Fantastic!

Her mother is the driving force to her understanding of whom she became as an independent adult. This is brilliant 👍 thank y'all for your work!

I’m 2 minutes in and disappointed with the production of this video- music too loud over the voice and is drowned out - I can’t understand what she is saying 😞

Loved it thank you ❤

Ayn has been my literary hero since I was 14. My Father gave me The Fountainhead. He told me to read it until I understood it. I did and I understood it. Ayn was my literary hero from that book on. FYI, I know I was extremely fortunate to have a Father so good and intelligent.

She just walks up to the gate of Cecil B. DeMille, he drives by and gives her a ride into Hollywood. After enduring the bolshevik revolution, that woman sure knew how to take full advantage of "The land Of Opportunity",---when it still was. Yes, "Was". In my lifetime, we went from "You are free in this nation and you can grow up to be what ever you want to be.", (Which meant we have a brain in our head and a free enterprise system to use it in.), to--"You are free in this nation to be what ever government approves." She Was Right!

Listening to her speak of her childhood and her mothers expectations, rings a lot of bells with me. I have recently been diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (Aspergers Syndrome) and I feel that she probably was the same. I didnt want t9 know other children of my age and preferred animals and reading alone than socialising. Her mother was probably fiercly proud of her but couldnt understand why she didnt fit in to her peer groups.

Brilliant film. Thank you so much !!

Rush 2112 albulm. 1976. Dedicated to rod serling and Ayn Rand. The opening track he carries on her name... Ayn".......... 🎶 powerful

Phil Donahue was my favourite talk show host, learnt a lot from his show

Her philosophy, with a few windows open and closed here and there, is hardly revolutionary. In fact her most basic tenets are millennia old. And her view on selfless love is far more true than probably most people could ever accept as being so. It was in an introductory philosophy course. I was thoroughly convinced that altruism was pretty much established fact and that indeed, it was entirely selfless love. The instructor tore this to pieces; it really shocked me, it really did. It took me some time, but with honesty, and an integrity that could not be compromised, - and it was painful, - because it was entirely contrary to everything I had ever been taught, it slowly sunk in. Selfless love is not only untrue, but completely impossible. What's more, and even harder to accept, for me anyway, was that all expressions of the kinds of love I thought I knew, and revered, (just look at the romance novels throughout my book shelves) is entirely, 'never' selfless, not in any respect, but always entirely and always completely selfish. This pathetic western boy is I'm sure still kinda freaked out about it. Well, there goes romance I guess. 💕😐

Excellent, thank you for this.

34:20 her story about meeting her husband Frank and the selfish argument for love.

This is amazing. I am most grateful to you for putting this together so accurately. So much has been said, and written, about her that was wrong, to various degrees, that to be able to see the photos and hear her words is just like dying and going to Ayn Rand heaven. ❣

Music aught to be not THAT LOUD.

Ayn Rand is more relevant today than ever.

She is lucky bc she was clever and could get through life using her intelligence,many don’t have that chance. We need a system that supports those that are not so lucky. Look at the Scandinavian countries, they have a mixture of capitalism and socialism. These countries and other European countries do not a huge gap between rich and poor like America has.

1:09:25 I love it when she laughs. Very rare to see her even smile.

Pretty cool. A different spirit to it than I usually feel. More the noble side of it.

I like her ideas about Govt. and Welfare; the seperation oof both ... it does impinge on the freedom of the individual.

I’d never heard of her before until the other day. I’m intrigued to watch this documentary and to see what type of person she became.

Truly a beautiful and heroic mind. Listening to this fabulous individual human makes me realise how much more I wish I'd known earlier in life.

I wanted to watch Ayn rands documentry since 4 years and nw i get to know that it was uploaded in RU-vid,it was Brilliant ❤

The music is too loud

What is the never talked about is how much happier people who follow her beliefs are than the other choices. Communism being the main one. When your life is in ruins because everyone else aren’t doing their fair share, how could you not take that personal?

Did she shave it?

Interested in Ayn Rand - read "My Years with Ayn Rand" by Nathaniel Branden

My admiration goes not to Ann but her father...

it doesn't need the non stop music

Rand's philosophy is very much what Emerson expressed in his essay "Self Reliance".

It's very unsettling how her eyes dart sideways and back in the interview but also go into laser beam mode, not soft at all, like normal people.

I first heard of Ayn Rand when reading about the movie "It's a wonderful life". She helped warn the CIA about what was considered Communist propaganda in the movie that would feed on the emotions of American people. There were discussions of banning the movie.

Very interesting to see how much people are still enamoured of Ayn Rand's work, and yet is so misunderstood. People use her work as a defence to do exactly what she is not advocating for. Her selfish and ego is about love, sustainability and empowerment, not power. and eat. She is talking about self-realisation, expression, in synergy with Earth. It's a shame people limit what she is saying. The film Fountainhead is a terrible representation of her ideas, but it's no wonder the stars had an affair. The lafter Atlas Shrugged films are even worse. People just don't get it. Stop thinking in objects. It's about action. Self in synergy with Earth. It really has nothing to do with money, as humanity understands it.

Another great human being I would’ve to sat down with and had a long conversation. Thank you. This was brilliant.💖

Ayn Rand was a monster. She caused so much harm in this world. I'm shocked to see in the comments that people actually like her. We are a doomed society.

1:03:33 specially but the philosophy part all from 59:42 is very interesting and funny. In the biography part I liked the historical footages. Thanks.

Switzerland is a beautiful country.

Background music noise is not necessary

Her outward view and emotional state etc growing up mirrors my own in spooky ways. It caused me quite some strife as well. Its particularly fascinating to me that i dont often feel any deep relation to any woman personally, or famous, but then i found her and her interpretations not just of the state but the soul of individualism, the sort of underlining cynical attitude out of ones total control etc. The intentional isolation from peers. And then her philosophy just continued my own thoughts i had had since being a kid in such an almost psychic way, like she peered into my own future mind from where she was long in the past before i was born. Like she was speaking to me personally with a handbook on my brain before it ever existed.

Delightful

Brilliant

I'm on fire for life ! Ayn Rand much love and gratitude.

Let's see, I began working at age 14 in 1971. So glad to have contributed to this woman's social security benefits.

There are two novels that can transform a bookish 14-year-kid’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish daydream that can lead to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood in which large chunks of the day are spent inventing ways to make real life more like a fantasy novel. The other is a book about orcs.

I’ve read most of her books and she had some powerful ideas. I used to say that she took it to the thinking edge, right before faith in GOD was next. She took it right to that line especially in Atlas Shrugged. It’s too bad, in my opinion, that she never came to faith. Her experience in Russia probably didn’t help. She really would have been a powerful force! I know some people are going to say I’m dreaming and am missing the whole point of her philosophy. I understand it, I just don’t agree with all of it. It’s incomplete. Still, her literary style and force are undeniable. Who else do you know that has a RUSH song and publishing company named after one of her books? Or has a dedication to her on the 2112 album? That whole concept first side is her book Anthem. On a funky side note, in Atlas Shrugged, she describes her female character’s orgasm in a way only she could. It’s the most unique, reserved, intellectual description of that I can think of. She’s at her best when describing the personal peaks of her characters. A very strong author. $ It’s interesting because the last sentences from her at the end of this film are an expression of faith! She was, in short, a Badass. I might need to do some rereading, it’s been a while.

How can a women such intelligent, daring and says what she believes with reasoning at the time of 1940s oh my God?

such a shame there's unnecessary music muffling her words.

We all grow up the best we can. She overcame roadblocks that most of us would have caved into. Her intellect is amazing and she predicted what is happening in America today . I compare her with Golda Meier as the most loved human today and I am not a Jew except I am an adopted Jew because of Jesus.

I can understand Ayn Rand's premise to love yourself first before you can love others. But the other stuff about unbridled capitalism and not caring about the less fortunate, a moral obligation taught by the major religions, would bring about an extreme social inequality that would destabilize the country. I can see her ideas about no taxation and no goverment interference in how we live would appeal to the billionaires and, well, libertarian politicians who happen to be Ayn Rand followers. But with reason and reality and knowledge of history, extremism in either direction will not work. The prevalence of extreme poverty or extreme wealth will lead to a dangerous social upheaval just like what happened in France, China, Russia.

@1:07:29 Rand proves she is a reincarnated Spartan!

Rand is more relevant now than ever. We have altruism and communism being pushed everywhere, from not eating beef to bashing hard work and even physical fitness.

questions: is self interest separable from the rejection of dependancy? is the rejection of dependancy the same as laissez-faire capitalism? is capitalism therefore the hero made into ideology? if so, there is a behavioural explanation that would render capitalism as deeply flawed as it is proving to be. ayn rand, the hero of her own life, would therefore be as deeply dysfunctional.

Momsy looks like a tough mobster in drag.

Spooky was a good song who did

Fabulous writer ❗ 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

thx. "no one" knows her here in germany - that's a great pity!

"We the living", the ending was a huge let down to me, when Kira did not make it to the USA. In the USA could have been a great sequel IMO. Especially if she could have kept communication with friends/relatives in russia as they got old. It could have been a great contrast comparison based on real life political evolution. Night---and day, "side by side" for all to see directly.

I rhink that those who object to or misunderstand Rand 's philosophy see it as an excuse for libertine-ism or selfishness. Nothing is more difficult than being true to oneself. Much of so-called altruism is the virtue signaling of today..

Brilliant woman.

She does not take into account man’s greed

interesting -

We are crafted from traumas

Look at today: she was prophetic.

Why did you go to school

A truly gifted mind that very sensitive, aware and self-directed, still stands out, especially nowadays.

Love this woman.

I love Ayn as a person

I saw & heard Ayn Rand April 1981 at Northeasterh University Ford Hall Forum April 1981. Rand definitely not influenced by the Enlightenment, obviously a refugee from collectivism, still have image of a human scorpion - concluded that her Atlas Shrugged & Fountain Head heroines Dagny, Dominique, were self image fantasies.

Jesus said my house will not be built of brick

Irritating music.

Ain't many people got a fluff bolb

Funny she denied helping other human beings yet died of cancer in a welfare hospital.

$50.000 I wonder what that is in todays money ? Could you times it by ten ?

Eh, no

45 cent dinner to 65 cent dinner

Sad. Always found inspiration from her books, but this? Yuck! Plays like typical 21st Century media pablum.

Lenin liked cats. I’ll bet Stalin would sic his dog on the cat.

This shows interesting psychology. However, I don’t like her books. She needs a philosophical idea rather than interesting characters. It’s more philosophy, not literature.

We are here at the behest of the selfish gene. burdened as a a species to be able to ask why> . Unable to answer, we make up fables. Life is not a gift, its a job.

“God” bless Ayn Rand.

So many great thinkers came from Russia. The UK produced Boris Johnson.

58:51

Of course she paid taxes and was qualified to receive Social Security and Medicare but due her full throated opposition and rejection of those programs she didn't apply and receive those benefits. That would have been a great ending to a life so dedicated to her beliefs and stated morality. Unfortunately, she signed up for benefits on the first day she was illagable which negated a lifetime of humanity standing on their own and only surviving on their own work and savings.

For a good relationship there should be no victims. Ayn Rand 1:06:31

Don't know what the fuss over Rand was/is about.

The most courageous man in the USA 🇺🇸! Actually the most important philosopher in human history! For a fellow Aquarius ♒ our independence is the only thing I want or need. She had cojones balls okay 🌷👍

Hugely interesting woman! Her story is one of a kind. Read her work, but please never put her ideas to work: here’s will end us all, although this was not wat she wanted. She made a few serious mistakes. She was from another time, and came from a totally different world. Most of is in ‘The West’ got a taste the last four decades, and some others in ‘The East’ have found their own ways to misuse her ideas big time, because that’s what humans do if it fits their personal needs... 🖖

It doesn't work without God.

She just took Neitzshes work and changed the parts she didnt like, especially getting rid of the male focus and the nihilism... people pretend she came up with this new philosophy, when all she did was copy...

Did Ayn Rand shave her armpits?

😂😂😂.They call themselves Americans now.

AYN RAND was a talented person but really she was just a product of her early life experiences in Russia. That's all. She became a peaceful extremist making propaganda for individualism and self-interest. Not a surprise she was popular in a country like the USA (incl. Reagan, Greenspan, etc. and their neo-liberal policies of deregulation and privatisation: 1:06:27). Result: the rich became richer and the poor even poorer. But the Russian mindset never left her: 1:00:05

Sadly to say, but it’s extremely clear here: this is a docu about narcissism really, in the worst way possible. Poor Ayn, poor world...