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?

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Why is it assumed that readers of Ayn Rand are younger?

When we are young, we commonly cling to Marxist ideals. The young generation are the ones who let climate change and socialist ideals sway their votes.

Rand is the complete opposite. Once you grow older and realise that Marxism and altruism in general is just contrary to man's nature and a load of naive, hopeful bullshit, you see there is a lot of sense in individual happiness.

Regardless of what you in your youth optimistically think, man is selfish and property is pretty much the reason for our escape from the state of nature. Without an institution such as the government to protect and share currency and property, we'd be stealing and murdering each other for it. It's in our nature. Marxism just isn't. And why force something that doesn't fit.