I am informed by the sponsor of this forum that some of you have never heard of me. I realize most of you are right-wing losers, but please.
A few years back, I was the protagonist and hero in The Fountainhead, a quite popular book and a good read, if you have never read it, or have not read it recently. The point of my efforts on this site were summarized quite nicely in that fine novel:
Kill by laughter. Laughter is an instrument of human joy. Learn to use it as a weapon of destruction. Turn it into a sneer. It’s simple. Tell them to laugh at everything. Tell them that a sense of humour is an unlimited virtue. Don’t let anything remain sacred in a man’s soul – and his soul won’t be sacred to him. Kill reverence and you’ve killed the hero in man. One doesn’t reverence with a giggle. He’ll obey and he’ll set no limits to obedience – anything goes – nothing is serious.
Everything I said is contained in a single word – collectivism. And isn’t that the god of our century? To act together. To think – together. To feel – together. To unite, to agree, to obey. To obey, to serve, to sacrifice. Divide and conquer – first. But then, unite and rule. We’ve discovered that one last.
Remember the Roman Emperor who said he wished humanity had a single neck so he could cut it ? People have laughed at him for centuries. But we’ll have the last laugh. We’ve accomplished what he couldn’t accomplish. We’ve taught men to unite. This makes one neck ready for one leash. We found the magic word. Collectivism
Here for your amusement is a link to my latest column, my Facebook Page and Twitter, plus some video footage of me as played by Robert Douglas in the 1949 movie: