When I read that book in 1981, a whole new world opened up for me. I was apolitical before then, but after reading it, how could I not change my fundamental political- and life- thought processes. In later years, I was very fortunate to have as a teacher to me non other than Dr. Leonard Peikoff, the intellectual, and financial heir of Ayn Rand.
I regret not reading Atlas when I was an avid reader in my late teens.
No one ever mentioned the book it seemed from what I remember.
Amy Peikoff is on twitter. I’ve got into huge arguments over tariffs on China. She and her followers argue that tariffs on China are bad because they interrupt “free” trade. They deprive American consumers of “cheap” goods. I say so called “free” trade with China violates the oath “I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.” It violates that oath because our consumption of cheap goods produced by people living in a non-free economy is asking them to live their life for us. The cheap goods are paid for by their sacrifice, a sacrifice forced on them by their government.
They cannot see it that way. I finally talked to my dad about it to see if I was nuts. He taught a course on Ayn Rand in the 70s. He agreed with me.
So I wasn’t too impressed with Amy Peikoff and her followers.