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Objectivism — Philosophy for Life on Earth

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Independent Thinking

As far as I am aware, this is the first introduction to Objectivism filmed in a long, long while. The presentation was given by none other than James Steele II at The 21 Convention 2011 of London England. After my own, it was the opening speech at the event, and perhaps the most controversial.

You can view the speech here on Youtube or here on The21Convention.com. If you enjoy the speech and find it valuable click various like buttons, tweet it, favorite the video on Youtube, etc.

Per the speech itself, I think James did an outstanding job with Rand’s philosophy. In fact I would go so far as to say that if Ayn were alive, she would be glowing with pride and admiration for a man so young to have not only discovered her philosophy, but to have come to understand it so clearly in such a short amount of time — and communicate it effectively to a new generation of bright young men,…

Why I’m Not an Objectivist

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Independent Thinking

For quite some time now — in fact, as far back as I can remember — I have never once said that I am an objectivist, when asked. I have consistently answered though (such as on the Free the Animal blog), that “I am Howard Roark”.

But what exactly does that mean — to not label myself an objectivist, all the while claiming that “I am Howard Roark”?

While this answer has been appealing to me for some time, it was only a few weeks ago that I came to understand what the hell I meant by this.

The understanding unfolded itself to me when I heard that Ayn Rand was once asked, in regards to The Fountainhead, why it’s main character Howard Roark, not only chose to, but had to wait for his ideal woman to see the world the way he did — to hold his convictions on the deepest of levels as her own.

Why was it that Howard Roark waited instead of simply explaining to Dominique Francon what…

Rape

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Independent Thinking

As far back as I can remember, I have been at war with the world.

I didn’t always think of it in those terms of course, but never the less — even as far back as four years old – I have vivid memories of standing up to the many, to the bigger, the stronger, the older, the “wiser” — to any individual or group of individuals I believed were acting in the wrong.

The qualities of those who were in the wrong, by my standards — and the quantity of such individuals — was not even a distant thought to me at such times.

All that mattered was my inflexible demand for what was right in those particular situations.

As I age, I feel the need to expand my focus. Those of you who have followed The Dream Lounge and The 21 Convention from their infancy, can attest to this ever broadening expansion of interests.

And now I think I know why. To win my war with the world, by necessity, I have…