ATLAS SHRUGGED By Ayn Rand

>>[driving ithrough the countryside]
>>"It's a good road," said Rearden, "It was built to last. The
>>man who built it [was really good i swear]."
>>"Yes..."
>>"I don't like the looks of this."
>>"I don't either." Then she smiled. "But think of how often
>>we've heard people complain that billboards ruin the
>>appearance of the countryside. Well, there's the unruined
>>countryside for them to admire." She added, "They're the >>people I hate."

I've just finished Atlas Shrugged, and I am left somewhat conflicted. Part of me understands how this could have been voted the best book of the 20th century. Part of me understands how she, a person whom had experienced the Bolshevik's rise to power and was greatly affected by the negatives of communism, could have honestly and fully believed what she was writing. But for the most part, I can't help but to regard this book as a thick pile of shit. Opinions?

It’s a good book but her philosophy has flaws and should be taken lightly (If at all).

Im not sure why people hate her so much. I mean unless you’re a philosophy nerd most people have no ability to understand where her arguments truly break down (protip: stop quoting your professor that just recites Hume’s law all day, that’s not the true flaw of objectivity) yet they hate it anyway. I think it’s similar to retards reading the bible and sucking its cock while not understanding any theological reasoning. Or first year college students preaching Marx’s and Engel’s while have no understanding of economics.

I really hate to quote her but it actually fits in this situation quite well. If you truly "HATE" Ayn rand you should really ask by what standard. Im not sure if it’s ever appropriate to truly "hate" a person that encourages the masses to dig a little deeper into there intellectual faculties, and its much less appropriate to defend the bases of subjectivity/utilitarianism/moral relativism in the same fashion.