(and, guess what(?)…shortages of just about everything started happening. We now call these “supply chain” problems)
And here we are.
Don’t think I ever read it.
I read “Anthem” in school I believe.
I would say if you haven’t yet read Atlas Shrugged, don’t bother, because now you are living it.
Rand's biggest fault is her extreme atheism.
Much of our societies accomplishments are directly attributable to Christian ethics, which Rand takes for granted, as obvious.
They are not obvious. Most of history is littered with societies which were brutal, grim, with no concern for anyone else. They do not become Randian paradises.
Christian capitalism does this.
Hmmm....I see Donald as more being Hank Reardon than John Galt.
For later.
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“At first, I was impressed with her immigrant’s understanding of America. But now I think her understanding is really of human nature.”
Bingo. For all her faults, and she had many, Rand had that down cold.
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One of the most influential books I’ve read, and often think about. The linked AT article is a great read, thank you for posting.
I have read “Atlas Shrugged” several times. Looking at today, with the novel in the back of my mind, it is disgusting to see my Republic folding into a prophetic novel because the warning was ignored.
As of the 70’s, I recall, it was the 2nd most read book in the USA. Behind only The Bible.
I tend to agree with this, but I sure hope that's right. IF this is true, the Democrats won't be able to pass the Build Back Broke law, they won't pass the Voters Cheating Laws, and they won't pass any more Catastrophic Climate Change fantasies. We're hanging in here by a thin thread.
That certainly is a big 'if'. The Biden Pelosi and Schumer troika is desperate and will do most anything to retain their power. We have a few months of hanging on the edge ahead of us.
At one point it was required reading in high school or college. Can you guess why it no longer is.
That version pictured is the one I read. I thought the type was very clear and easy to read even though I can only see well out of one eye.
I was in highschool. Had a job in an insurance office that was really more education. They gave me Atlas Shrugged, Emerson, so much! Every 16 year old should read Rand.
Looters, Moochers and Producers. It was almost a required book to read when I was in school in the 70’s. You can watch all 3 movies on IMDB for free, and they did a pretty good job following the book.
Who is John Galt
I have a question...If you were going to an island to relax for a week and you only had room take along Atlas Shrugged or The Fountainhead, which would you take? I’ve read The Fountainhead (twice) and about 1/3 of Atlas Shrugged... somehow got distracted and never got back to it. What Rand concepts does one learn in Atlas Shrugged that aren’t in The Fountainhead?
IMO, Ayn Rand was a better thinker and a better analyst of human society than she was a writer. Her ideas and insights into how people really act were absolutely brilliant. As a writer however her characters I found to be 2 dimensional.
Still, I would recommend reading Atlas Shrugged and the Fountainhead. She so perfectly nailed certain groups of people…..the petty bureaucrats desperate to cling to power and to exercise whatever petty power they have in tyrannical fashion over others…..the champagne socialists who claim to be acting for the little guy but who really are maneuvering to hold the reins of power and who aren’t about to give up their wealth/luxury, the so called “intellectuals”/elites who are happy to support what they know is complete nonsense just to remain in the elite club, etc
Atlas ping.
I never really got “who is John Galt?”. Everybody in the book seemed to know the phrase, but it was not clear (unless I missed it or forgot) how it ever started. It seems it should have started appearing as graffiti like “Kilroy was here” or on leaflets or something; but everybody in the book seemed to know the phrase with no reason for knowing it. I think the book just said it was a well-known catch-phrase that no one knew the origin of. It seemed to be used when someone was meaning to say “who knows”?