I wish he spoke to my high school art class - and told us all about that rich patron aspect of art.

It would saved me a lot of time!

I tried linking to the "2081" trailer but it wouldn't play. You can get it off Youtube, though. I remember reading that Kurt Vonnegut story a long time ago, and I'm so happy it is being made into a movie. There's a scene in the Pixar animated movie "The Incredibles" where the son is angry about having to conceal his super-speed in gym class and to run as slowly as the other kids. His complaint: "If everyone is special, then no one is." That is so true. We should be celebrating talent and achievement, not punishing people for it. Competition is normal and natural. It is essential to progress. But you wouldn't know it if you looked at the way kids are being educated in public schools.

"Syndrome", the villain in "The Incredibles" is driven by envy, furious that there are people in the world (superheroes) who are stronger than he is. Envy is incredibly negative and destructive; it serves no good at all. And yet progressives use it all the time to get people to support them in their bid to punish the most productive members of society. Well why stop there? Why not just unleash laser shooting robots on our cities, like Syndrome does in the movie? That's a much faster way to reduce everyone to the same level.

I would love to see more mainstream movies making the case for freedom, and praising talent and hard work. We need a major shift in our values if we are going to turn this country around.