Light Bulb Controversy: An Analysis

One idea can spark a revolution. This is what Rand Paul was trying to do with the support of the book Anthem by Ayn Rand. Paul was trying to in a way “spark” a revolution using Randian ideology to convince his listeners. By doing this Rand Paul opened himself up to a lot of criticism about whether or not this piece was appropriate to bring up in the 2007-2013 Light Bulb Controversy. There are many things that can both benefit and be harmful to Rand Paul with bringing up this novel in his argument. However, I think that the beneficial things about including this in his side overshadow the harmful things. Inclusion of Anthem on the part Rand Paul was used appropriately and shed needed light onto this controversial issue. Rand’s views on this topic would be very one sided. She would think that it is in everyone’s self interest to buy or use any type of lightbulb that they would like to. So, she would strongly be against restricting the type of lightbulb on the market. This is because she would think that this is taking away the American’s right to be individual and self sufficient in their own way. This is why Rand wrote Anthem, in order to warn people to keep their individuality and to not let the …show more content…
Due to the fact that the government is taking away our freedom of choice. In the end no matter how many other light bulbs there are, they are taking away the choice of using the environment hurting light bulbs. The reason that it is appropriate is because it is like Anthem they are taking away our choice ,but eventually they might take away other choices and we cannot let that happen. If we do then we are no better than the brainwashed people in the book. In addition, if the people in Anthem did not let the government take away their rights then they would most likely not have ended up as they did. This ideology can be applied to many parts of society the real question is if it is helpful or