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ATLAS SHRUGGED By Ayn Rand

Name: ANONYMOUSE 2007-01-09 21:51

>>[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?

Name: Anonymous 2011-05-06 4:23

Name: Anonymous 2011-05-07 23:00

Effectively, her social and moral philosophy states that rich people aren't given enough privilege and control. That is so much bullshit right there.

Name: Anonymous 2011-05-20 21:07

>>44
but we accomplish nothing as mere individuals. Its your civilization that clothes you, feeds you, educates you, and gives you electricity. You benefit from other peoples work only because you do your part and because our civilization recognizes the financial and moral value of a human life. Humanity is a team sport, even if some players have better contracts.

Name: Anonymous 2011-05-20 21:33

>>40
I listened to a witness to the massacers in rhawanda in an interview recently and he said that all people are capable of the worst of things, but we are also capable of the best of things.

Name: Anonymous 2011-07-24 0:41

Rand is the complete opposite. Once you grow older and realize that /book/ and autism 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.

Name: Anonymous 2011-08-02 7:40

>>85
Keep it in /lounge/, please.

Name: Anonymous 2011-08-22 11:39

Bunch of overrated selfish Jewish bullshit that angsty hipsters who think they're being "cool" by embracing "libertarianism" jack off to.

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