Atlas Shrugged

by Ayn Rand

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[bdwilson1000]

gotta be the best book I've ever read

[MattinglyAlexander]

@bapyou

Wow, you almost got all of the usual smears in there!

Sexual weirdo? I couldn't care less about her sex life as long as it was practiced by consenting adults and in private. Of course to an old atheist wannabe hippie like yourself, everyone is a fascist, except actual fascists.

I'll take no more of your time. I'm sure you have other topics to troll on YouTube. One day I might search for topics I don't like so I can let everyone know how much I dislike them.

[zackzebra]

@randalljones58 Were space aliens involved? How about Cthulhu?

[zackzebra]

@jmbekrub Yes, there is also "We the Living," based on Rand's own life as a young woman in the Soviet Union before she was able to defect to the USA (it is fictionalized but the main character, Kira, was based on Ayn herself). She describes the conditions of the early USSR in a way that others who lived under that regime would say is accurate. And this takes place in the late 10s/early 20s while Lenin was still in power well before Stalin took over. Stalin it is generally agreed was much worse.

[reitze01]

I enjoyed your commentary. Its been over 10 years since I read the book - the movie was excellent. And so were you! Thanks. I sent you a vid... "I'm Atlas".

And keep reading! The "answer" at the end of part 1 is clear... without John Galt Rocket Motors is DEAD.

[reitze01]

I enjoyed your commentary. Its been over 10 years since I read the book - the movie was excellent. And so were you! Thanks. I sent you a vid... "I'm Atlas".

[LibertyJedi]

Good for you, it is a great book.  You can a find a real life version of it happening today in Dick City, USA.... as the world around u continues to collapse, study econ. Austrian Econ. and learn the truth which they don't want u to know.... It will add value to your life, but for that reason alone is hated by most who have poor lives and say they enjoy their slavery.

[cosg9531]

It might behoove you to finish the book, and give it a year of thought, before you even remotely attempt to waste our time.

[KeithMcElwain]

Atlas Shrugged is KING : )

[z44sms]

Also you can see when the federal / state gets involved as it is in most industries now. It doesn't work as well if at all. You can see that the government was totally helpless to plug OIL in gulf. WHY? Because it isn't an expert in anything it has no expertise except in bull shit. Look at China a group of communist when they got back Hong Kong. The entire system of capitalism in place because it worked better then government run systems and they make huge sums of money. Read MILTON FRIEDMAN

[z44sms]

There are hundreds of years of history and philosophers that all try to build perfect government systems. You can tell by "Communist, Fascism, Monarchy, Socialist state, Tyranny, Theocracy, Oligarchy" All FAIL. Because nature makes humans GREEDY hench will wants to CONTROL others causes the loss of LIBERTY = PROPERTY of another. If you do not maintain by LAW (Republic) protection of PROPERTY all their system collapses by those oppressed.

[jmbekrub]

There is an alternate book describing how a government world would be run... "1984" is one...  also, another book written by Ayn Rand would be "Anthem". "Anthem" is MUCH shorter than "Atlas Shrugged" making it a nice read on a rainy day.