Get ready for a long one brother!

We've taken care of everything
The words you hear, the songs you sing
The pictures that give pleasure to your eyes
It's one for all, all for one
We work together, common sons
Never need to wonder how or why

This is the opening verse to The Temples of Syrinx. The part that is important here, is the next to last line. we work together, common sons Is an obvious reference to the Socialist philosophy of no man being better than another, and there for the work of one man is not worth more than the work of another.

Ayn Rand was born in Russia, lived under these types of conditions, and when she saw what America had to offer she became a staunch anti-communism activist.

Her philosophy (Objectivism), it's pretty simple really. As she put it, "My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute."

She was an atheist, and her view of religion can be seen in her writings. However I will note, that her biggest problem with religion tends to be that in her books the religious leaders are helping the government consume the work of the people. Where in reality (aside from the Catholic and Angelica churches whose senior clergy tend to be pretty liberal) most organized religions in the USA tend to be on the right side of the political spectrum or non-political entities.

Neal has said that, "For me, [Rand's writing] was an affirmation that it’s alright to totally believe in something and live for it and not compromise. It was a simple as that. On that 2112 album, again I was in my early 20s. I was a kid. Now I call myself a bleeding heart libertarian. Because I do believe in the principles of Libertarianism as an ideal – because I’m an idealist. Paul Theroux’s definition of a cynic is a disappointed idealist. So as you go through past your 20s, your idealism is going to be disappointed many many times. And so, I’ve brought my view and also – I’ve just realized this – Libertarianism as I understood it was very good and pure and we’re all going to be successful and generous to the less fortunate and it was, to me, not dark or cynical. But then I soon saw, of course, the way that it gets twisted by the flaws of humanity. And that’s when I evolve now into … a bleeding heart Libertarian. That’ll do."

So there you have it, he's a Libertarian... which is pretty much a softened version of her very domineering personal philosophy.

I despise unions, not all, but most. You're statement above is one of the reasons. This is pure union propaganda that has no basis in fact. Did collective bargaining change the landscape in labor relations? Yes, but over the past 100 years unions have done more harm than good. When a Union sees it as it's job to squeeze the company out of any profits it can that's a bad thing.

The facts are that if unions disappeared from the US today, labor relations would improve in most areas. Companies have figured out that the best way to get and retain the best employees is through competitive pay and benefits, along with a good work environment. The worst work environments I've been in are union. They don't care about doing a good job, they just care about doing the bare minimum. Is that a generalization? Sure, but it's accurate 60-70% of the time. If you've ever worked in a union environment, tell me how many times you've heard these words "That's not my job" It happens constantly. It's almost a mantra, I expect to hear it chanted at union meetings.

When a workforce is so selfish that they don't care about making the company they work for better, then they are destined to fail. Unions instil that selfishness, and bread animosity toward the company. Which in my experience is good for nobody.

If you let him live you deserve to be sued! Lol...step up in my crib fool !