I find these 2 characters a bit difficult to understand-especially the fact that Roark was so involved in love and friendship with them, respectively.
They certainly were not living as Objectivists as Roark was-they didnt love or have a passion for anything it seems…
I do realize they see the greatness and heroic in people but then they do not help the heroic instead they throw garbage on it and feed the looter mentality.
Were they doing this out of disgust or hatred or love for the heroic that hurt too much to bear (this was in another thread here about Dom.)
This is why Dominique and Waynand are so similar. it is because they love the heroic so much AND they aren’t complete heroes themselves. a true hero does not let his surroundings destroy him or his thoughts, but unfortunately the world does not consist mostly of heros but rather “incomplete” hero worshippers like dominique and Waynand. they care too much about how “others” see their heros. they care too much that there ARE “others”. It’s hard to identify with them, I know, Roark is alot more accptable to us because thank goodness, today the world is less evil than it used to be, and more sensible people live on earth today than they did back then. A Toohey today will never have as much power as back then because people will see right through him. (mostly thanks to the philosophy of Objectivism that is seeping slowly into society)
A Toohey today will never have as much power as back then because people will see right through him.
Huh? What planet are you living on? Have you ever listened to John Edwards speak? Some of the things he says are verbatim Tooheyish. Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama are not far off.
A Toohey today will never have as much power as back then because people will see right through him. (mostly thanks to the philosophy of Objectivism that is seeping slowly into society)
I guess you don’t read movie reviews in your average newspaper much. Most aren’t as bad as Toohey, but they usually seem to have what he had in them, i.e., praising the average (or worse) in an attempt to destroy the best. They all seemed to love “Borat”, which is an evil, anti-conceptual movie, for one.
Huh? What planet are you living on? Have you ever listened to John Edwards speak? Some of the things he says are verbatim Tooheyish. Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama are not far off.
lol you’re right after posting this I said to myself: “Barack” Yes there ARE Tooheys today