![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Jack Sparrow as John Galt
Jun. 17th, 2011 07:04 pmEver since I saw POTC: On Stranger Tides a few weeks ago, I've had a single thought threading its way through my mind:
Jack Sparrow is the John Galt of my generation.
( Read more... )
Jack doesn't seem very concerned with people in these positions. It is their bad fortune, but simply not his concern. Yet another similarity with libertarianism: it is the John Galts, those oppressed and limited by a collective society, whose choice is sancrosanct. John Galt, indeed! Pirates can be a lot of fun as entertainment – but it's also pretty illuminating in its own way, or can be.
Jack Sparrow is the John Galt of my generation.
( Read more... )
Jack doesn't seem very concerned with people in these positions. It is their bad fortune, but simply not his concern. Yet another similarity with libertarianism: it is the John Galts, those oppressed and limited by a collective society, whose choice is sancrosanct. John Galt, indeed! Pirates can be a lot of fun as entertainment – but it's also pretty illuminating in its own way, or can be.