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...California, as elsewhere, many disaffected rightists turned to Ayn Rand; whose objectivist teachings elevated capitalism from economics to religion. Rand shares Buckley's fear, if not his paranoia, about communism; but she philosophizes that communism can be defeated only by capitalism-the rational, selfish, non-altruistic, objective relationship of free people in a free enterprise system. Buckley and his followers, she feels, are traitors to capitalism and are the antithesis of all the qualities a capitalist needs; i. e., Buckleyites are irrational, romantic, superstitious, altruistic, and too confused by their worship of "tradition" to be objective...
Pacifica stations often find themselves set upon from all quarters. They get ultraconservative barbs for broadcasting taped speeches by Malcolm X and the views of Radicals Tom Hayden and Jerry Rubin. Broadcasts by Conservative William Buckley and right-wing "Objectivist" Ayn Rand have stirred anguished complaints from offended liberals...
Battle of Talkathons. Much of TV's comment and controversy are heard on the day-and-night conversation shows, which seem to be trying to turn TV into a talkathon. They frantically compete with each other for big-name, talkers. Joey Bishop interviews Ronald Reagan, Carson brings on Ayn Rand, Merv Griffin chats with Bertrand Russell. One night, Dick Cavett has Norman Mailer as his guest, the next night he leads a spirited discussion between James Bald win and Yale Philosopher Paul Weiss...
Because Review tries to avoid what Buckley calls "extreme apriorism," it has parted company with some dogmatic conservatives. "Objectivist" Ayn Rand, who believes that all human activity should be self-serving, refuses even to appear in the same room with Buckley because the Review panned her novel Atlas Shrugged. Max Eastman resigned, with barbs on both sides, after he accused Buckley of tying conservatism too closely to religion...
...Harvard Advocate, H-R Association of African and Afro-American Students, H-R Americans for Reappraisal of Far Eastern Policy, Harvard Art Review, H-R Ayn Rand Society, Harvard University Band, Harvard Undergraduate Bridge Club, H-R Assoc. of Business and Economics Students...