[Superman]

I googled the Money Speech. It has been a long time since I read and studied Rand. And sure enough, there is virtually not a single accurate or lucid sentence in that speech. At least, not in the first three paragraphs. She's making connections between money and integrity that just don't exist. She's attempting to elevate the concept of "value" so that it appears to have taken on some dignity in its separate essence. Gifted writers can do this. They can make you conclude that something which simply exists.....for no reason.....just exists.....is somehow the extension of a moral good because it is sometimes associated with good things and good people.

If you really really really want to believe that greed is good, and the fight toward self-interest is a moral victory........then Rand is your girl. But.....you have to already believe that in order to fool yourself into concluding that Rand has an original idea.