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To: beavus

One of the overriding themes in "The Incredibles" was that the exceptional should be encouraged and revered. Another was that the impulse to cut down the exceptional, and make everyone the same, is one of evil.


6 posted on 01/30/2005 3:21:09 PM PST by Dales
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To: Dales

Two themes, interesting. Do you agree with them?


10 posted on 01/30/2005 3:32:20 PM PST by bvw
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To: Dales

The "bad guys" in The Incredibles are like typical socialists.

Rand was THE anti-Marx. Writers like F.A. Hayek provided the economic arguments for capitalism, essentially proving that socialism can't work, and will spread misery wherever it is tried. These were fine and dandy, but it took Ayn Rand and a novel called 'Atlas Shrugged' to lay out the MORAL justifications for a society based on capitalism and freedom, rather than state control in the name of "equality".

Together, Rand (morality) and Hayek (economics) offer very powerful intellectual ammo against the left.


12 posted on 01/30/2005 3:33:37 PM PST by Capitalism2003
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