AYN RAND, JUNGLE, OPERA NEWS
In the August 2013 Opera News, Philip Kennicott said, "The basic logistics of training an opera singer . . . seem designed to mimic the cruelty of the Ayn Rand jungle: a few will flourish at the expense of crushing all the rest." What is he talking about? Has he ever read anything of Ayn Rand's other than excerpts? The only jungle in her novels is the one created by collectivism in politics and society, and the only ones doing any crushing are collectivist goons and enforcers. Capitalism is antithetical to the jungle. It is identical with civilization, progress, freedom, and humanity.
At some convenient time, I will read the rest of "Life After the Assembly Line," which is Kennicott's Opera News article, but I couldn't get past the Ayn Rand crack without commenting. Kennicott either knows nothing about Rand's novels, fails to understand the story lines and characters, or purposely misrepresents them. Being a liberal shill for the Washington Post vouches neither for his perspicacity nor his objectivity. Is this the best that Yale and Pulitzer can do for us?
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