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What Would Ayn Rand Say Today?
Join me for an imaginary Town Hall full of dreamers
If Ayn Rand could take the podium today, in front of a packed National Town Hall full of young dreamers, I think she’d start with one bold truth:
“Your life belongs to you. Not your school. Not your government. Not even your friends. You.”
She’d pause, letting that sink in.
You might be wondering, “What does that mean for me?”
It means you were born with something special. It’s the power to think, the power to create, and the power to choose your path, even if it goes against the crowd.
Ayn Rand wrote books like The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged to show what happens when people forget who they are — and what happens when they remember.
She believed in something called rational self-interest. She is the origin of a philosophy called Objectivism.
Objectivism means thinking for yourself, using reason, and living your life for your happiness — not to please others.
