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Rand's philosophy of "I Am A Beautiful, Unique Snowflake" (or Objectivism, if you want to sound stuffy about it) goes a little something like this:

  • Earn a lot of money. (Okay, sure, we like money!)
  • Go against the crowd. (Okay, yeah, being a sheep ain't great.)
  • Get your selfishness on. (Okay, but within reason, right?)
  • Have lots of sex (Okay, yes, can do!)... even if it ain't necessarily consensual (Um... wait. Hold up. That's not sexy.)
  • Don't care about people's feelings. (Umm, wait, what?)
  • Go ahead and blow things up in order to preserve your individual and artistic integrity. (Whoa, whoa, whoa.)

The Fountainhead's main man/Objectivist mouthpiece Roark does all these things. So you can base your allegiance to Objectivism on where you think Roark falls on the "dirtbag to superhero" spectrum.

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Try on an opinion or two, start a debate, or play the devil’s advocate.

Dominique has her fair share of issues, but ultimately she's a bold individual who stands on par with Roark himself.

Dominique isn't a brave individual; instead she's someone who acts out of fear and ends up conforming to society even as she supposedly revolts against it.

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