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?

You all don't seem to get that the point is to not toil under a system where my productive effort is under the command of anyone but myself. Not until recently has man been free to exist not for the sake of a god or all powerful nation/society that is everybody except every individual person. Our founding fathers intended a system vastly different from the bureaucratic mockery in place now. Most people in the freer countries main goal is to entertain themselves and think as little as possible. Our reading level is a joke and the hottest movies and books are moronic at best. You guys have fun spending your lives mindlessly while others use your effort for their gain.