Ayn Rand on Donahue ( 1979)

Ayn Rand attacks altruism as evil and both defines and defends her philosophy of objectivism.

I remember this appearance.  I saw it on TV back then.

There was a discussion about the oil companies in this 1979 interview. The oil companies were a target of the left back then, and we probably came close to having them nationalized. Compare that with ObamaCare. If we left it up to liberals, there'd be socialism.



2. Her economic ideas.  Sharply critical of universities.   A discussion of faith and religion.



 3. A discussion about self esteem and its relationship to dictatorship.
Against the concept of Original Sin.  
Women's rights.  Interesting to observe the thinking of that time.





4. Says the woman who asked a question at the end of the last video was a hippie and impolite.  Causes quite a sensation.

Concern expressed about companies like General Motors taking over the world.  That's funny.




5.  Says if a woman ran for President, she wouldn't vote for her. Quite a stir. Overall, she says a lot of stuff here that one may call controversial.