Green Capitalist

I am interested to know what Ayn Rand said about public property. There is a chapter about it in "The Virtue of Selfishness", where she writes about how it creates a problem because it belong to everyone and no one... Anyone remember more specifics? cheers (Fixed typo in book title - sNerd)

I am interested in getting oppinions on the work of these two film makers. Linklater director of Slacker and Gallo director of Brown Bunny and Buffalo 66, films that certainly do not represent objectivist values in any way in their content. That said, the sheer individuality and "self-centerdness" (for want of a better word) of their films is at the very least interesting.

Thanks ever so much

At the awful risk of tempting you into altruism, could someone be so kind as to remind me of Rands exact definition of ART, for my essay due in tomorow. Thanks in advance and also I am ever so sorry for this spamy topic, its just I am in great need and havent got a copy of the Ayn Rand Lexicon thnks p.s. who knows this might spark up a discussion

Listen Dude, You misanderstood me.... I dont believe tax is an axiom...or a part of nature. sKAP SUGGESTED that by living in a city its like ive agreed to have poison pumped down my lungs. I merely asked what the difference is between this unspoken "agreement", and the unspoken agreement of tax paying being the RIGHT thing.... Atlas FountainHead Virtue of Selfishness Phil, who needs it

Im afraid the line between were my resperatory system ends and the air starts is far too blurry. A company owning my (everyones) air, sounds like a company owning my nose. Skap, you say that by living in a city I automatically give up my rights to perfectly clean air? Why then do objectivists have so much trouble understanding that by living in a city/ society you automatically have to give up part of your income (tax)

could you please explain why my position is in contradiction with reality?

No one owns the air I breathe, so how can people polute it if it is as much mine as it is theirs? If a clean environment promotes health (which it does) isnt it basic self interest to be an environmentalist?