Movies with an Objectivist Theme
Posted by Itheliving 10 years, 3 months ago to Movies
Name as many as you can that I have missed. Not counting Atlas Shrugged or The Fountainhead OK here is one just now available on BluRay
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Just because you are a Capitalist does not mean that you are good or that your business practices are ethical. The whole foundation of the first Iron Man movie was that his munitions were now being used by terrorists - who then caught Tony as a big bonus prize.
My spinoff from this was that it is easier to just do good if you are healing people; if you are making munitions you really have your job cut out for you to be sure that you are not inadvertently doing evil.
Jan
I am just taking the opportunity for sending to YOU and to honor YOU with my 1000th input into this Gulch. It feels good to have arrived there. You have taught me a lot about it by just being so active in it.
Thank you. I am raising a glass of Veuve Clicquot in you honor. Notice how well her name fits with what we do so much here.
All the best.
Sincerely,
Maritimus
Jan
The last time I checked, socialists, communists, fascists, thieves and parasites walk, in spite of pants, skirts, tuxedoes or bikinis. All od them have nothing to do with capitalism. Capitalism did not cause their appearance, did not create their moral codes or their whim of the moment attitudes. Capitalism is not a blueprint for designing human beings. It is the most advanced socio-political system ever invented. The most advanced, because it is the one by far most compatible with the fundamental human nature and the one most conducive to the cravings for life and survival, freedom of thought and action and the multidimensional pursuits of happiness.
Somehow, I thought that your description blamed capitalism for human stupidity and wrongdoing. Nothing could be further from the truth.
I hope that you agree.
All the best.
Sincerely,
Maritimus
In a scene where Boss and Charlie face the corrupt marshal in the crowded town diner...
Boss Spearman (Duval): "And we'll be having more than that with you, Marshal."
Marshal Poole: "No need to make the café messy...with folks. I've got a warrant sworn out for your arrest for assaulting Baxter's men."
Boss Spearman: "We got a warrant sworn for attempted murder for them that tried to kill the boy who's laying over there at the doc's. Swore out another one for them that murdered the big fellow you had in your cell. Only ours ain't writ by no tin star bought and paid for, Marshal. It's writ by us. And we aim to enforce it."
Marshal Poole: "Is that so?"
Boss Spearman: "We got no quarrel with none of you folks. Baxter's men bushwhacked our friend and shot him dead. Shot a sixteen-year-old boy, too. And clubbed him so hard...he might not live. Tried to take our cattle.
Your marshal here ain't gonna do nothing about it. You don't like free grazers in this town. We don't much like being here. But a man's got a right to protect his property and his life. And we ain't letting no rancher or his lawman take either. We got no intention of harming bystanders."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4werfN6f...
Jan
Jan
*****
Sam Wilson: Hey, Cap, how do we know the good guys from the bad guys?
Steve Rogers: If they're shooting at you, they're bad.
*****
Steve Rogers: Attention all S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, this is Steve Rogers. You're heard a lot about me over the last few days. Some of you were even ordered to hunt me down. But I think it's time to tell the truth. S.H.I.E.L.D. is not what we thought it was. It's been taken over by HYDRA. Alexander Pierce is their leader. The S.T.R.I.K.E. and Insight crew are HYDRA as well. I don't know how many more, but I know they're in the building. They could be standing right next to you. They almost have what they want. Absolute control. They shot Nick Fury. And it won't end there. If you launch those helicarriers today, HYDRA will be able to kill anyone that stands in their way. Unless we stop them. I know I'm asking a lot. But the price of freedom is high. It always has been. And it's a price I'm willing to pay. And if I'm the only one, then so be it. But I'm willing to bet I'm not.
Sam Wilson: Did you write that down first, or was it off the top off your head?
*****
and perhaps my favorites from the show:
Nick Fury: These new long range precision guns can eliminate a thousand hostiles a minute. The satellites can read a terrorist's DNA before he steps outside his spider hole. We gonna neutralize a lot of threats before they even happen.
Steve Rogers: I thought the punishment usually came *after* the crime.
Nick Fury: We can't afford to wait that long.
Steve Rogers: Who's "we"?
Nick Fury: After New York, I convinced the World Security Council we needed a quantum surgeon threat analysis. For once we're way ahead of the curve.
Steve Rogers: By holding a gun at everyone on Earth and calling it protection.
Nick Fury: You know, I read those SSR files. Greatest generation? You guys did some nasty stuff.
Steve Rogers: Yeah, we compromised. Sometimes in ways that made us not sleep so well. But we did it so the people could be free. This isn't freedom, this is fear.
Nick Fury: S.H.I.E.L.D. takes the world as it is, not as we'd like to be. And it's getting damn near past time for you get with that program, Cap.
Steve Rogers: Don't hold your breath.
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