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What do you think of Atlas Shrugged?
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Atlas Shrugged: A work of lesser fiction misunderstood and absolutely misapplied by greedy, selfish Baby Boomers/Republicans looking for moral excuses to do whatever they want to do to whomever they want to do it to (and then blame the others as if it's they're fault).
Ayn Rand: A Godless/asocial/meglomanical Russian hypocrite (Ayn Rand received SS benefits, remember) who's book "The Virtual Of Selfishness" explains every vile disgusting thing you need to know about the wraith whore. But I'll break it down for y'all: "If everyone took care of themselves there would be no need in this world. Therefore, if you're not taking care of yourself then you're a burden to others and part of the problem. Your exterminaton/extinction would be best for the world." Fuck the handicapped, the disabled, the weak, the old, the poor - some of those things Ayn Rand were herself, BTW - just worry about yourself. So, you know, fuck her/it. More or less. LOL |
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A great marketing book ...
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I hated it I just keep waiting for something to happen, for it to tie in, something fuck Christs sake, more wasted time I will never get back.
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MrPeabody: I enjoy your reviews.
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I enjoyed the book although there are some parts that are very dry and rough to get through.
It has some good ideas in it, but many of them are oversimplified and don't take many factors into account. In the end it was a good story that could have used a good editor to cut a few hundred pages out of it. |
That was the book about Japan's earthquakes and tsunamis, right?
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I read Atlas Shrugged, as well as a few other Ayn Rand books (Anthem and Fountainhead) while I was in high school...I enjoyed them, but in the end I shrugged, since I had also been reading books by other writers who had philosophies more compatible with my own (I like to explore out of my comfort zone - it makes life more interesting). :winkwink:
It also helps to understand the psyche of many tea party and libertarian types who have adopted Ayn Rand as some sort of patron saint. :helpme http://endofthenet.org/wp-content/up...nd-Truth-2.gif :stoned ADG |
really a must read and food for thought at the very least, makes one think about the whole concept of "selfishness" in an unusual way :2 cents:
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Who is John Galt?
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Read Murray Rothbard instead. |
Rand always failed to contemplate the strength of numbers.
If the useless outnumber the productive by a wide enough margin, it becomes encumbent on the productive to care for the useless out of ones own selfinterest. When poor people live too badly they revolt in huge numbers and cut the heads off the wealthy. Yet the wealthy never seem to learn that billions of poor people will always be more powerful than any handful of oligarchs during the rare times when te herd is motivated to act. Social programs, reasonable healthcare, stable food sources, distractions from hardship... Providing that is a very small price to pay for the productive to keep their heads. |
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Ayn Rand had some pretty warped thinking, probably because of her childhood. I say that as a militant atheist.
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Ayn Rand was a hypocrite because she took help from the worst source of all: government. Yup, she received Medicare and Social Security. Oh, and this was AFTER publication of her most famous works. (You would think a zealot of hers would've helped her out and - oops, nevermind.)
All she's done is give people a ready-made excuse/reason to be cruel, selfish, mean-spirited and short-sighted, all wrapped up in a tidy little "philosophy". You know, many selfish, greedy, cruel and meglomaniacal people in history have come up with tidy little philosophies to justify their anti-humanity behaviours. Nazis and Sadists come to mind. Oh Adolf and Marquis de Sade you philosophers you!! |
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"Don't accept handouts from Governments! Help yourself!" "I need help - where's my Government check?" Don't forget the mustard. |
I didn't read the book in school when I should have, but I fully understand what the book was about. I saw both part one and part two of the movie and part one was riveting. The second part used totally different actors and sucked.
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Waiting for it to come out on Xbox one
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She wrote and it got read, yet she still died broke.
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Crummy book. Objectivism is a terrible philosophy.
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Well said Peabody!
I imagine you with your patched elbows, plus a pipe. |
I read it in my mid-20's and thought it was lame... the kind of book that I would've enjoyed at 17 or 18, but that made no sense once I was out in the real world and trying to make a living.
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