[ExI] Capitalism, anti capitalism, emotional arousal

[Kelly Anderson]

2011/11/11 Stefano Vaj <stefano.vaj at gmail.com>:
> On 10 November 2011 20:41, Kelly Anderson <kellycoinguy at gmail.com> wrote:
>> So yes, Roark would not work for a bank, but he might run one. The
>> mindless minions could turn the cranks.
>
> I beg to differ, and strange thing indeed that I find myself defending Ms
> Rand here... :-)

Yes, that is humorous.

> In The Fountainhead we do have a character Gail Wynand, who "runs a bank", in
> the sense that he is rich and powerful, but only as long as he does not try
> to exert his power in any direction other than he is expected to, and the
> novel ends with his final demise.

Gail Wynand is a powerful flawed character, to be sure. Roark would
never play to the masses the way he did.

> On the contrary, Roark could easily win by playing by the rules, and yet he
> chooses to work as a labourer rather than accepting them.

Good point Stefano... I remember Gail Wynand well... great character.

Midas Mulligan from Atlas Shrugged is more of the sort of banker that
Roark could be. Midas didn't play by the rules, and yet he was a
banker that was largely responsible for the founding and funding of
the retreat in the Colorado Rockies... So you can't say that Rand was
dead set against banking, as long as it was backed by gold. How that
would work in today's world is beyond me... to be honest.

-Kelly