It just dawned on me - we are living through the antithesis of Atlas Shurgged

[Political Heretic]

...

I was going to write a long summary of Atlas Shrugged and talk about how the contrasts from the theme of that tome and reality today.

But instead.... I will just conclude with Rand was an asshat.

That is all.

[Danger Mouse]

1. She was an asshat AND a lousy author.

[Hardrada]

4. And a filthy White Guardist reactionary and wrecker.

[elleng]

8. Dunno that it can be accurate (the lousy author part),

as she's lasted as an American writer for quite a while.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

9. I don't think it is the writing that has made her works last, so much as the content

[elleng]

10. Could be; I wanted to think about that.

Its been quite while since I've read her.

[Danger Mouse]

19. Doesn't mean she was good.

:shrug:

[EraOfResponsibility]

14. oh, I disagree!

(not about her being an asshat) but IMO she was a great author. "The Fountainhead" was fucking awesome! So awesome, I read it twice.

[dkf]

2. hahaha.

I enjoyed that.

Thanks.

[kestrel91316]

3. Yeah, but the John Galt I drew in my mind's eye was a HOTTIE.

And so was the South American guy.

[Political Heretic]

6. I was more of a Howard Roark guy myself.

All of the world: "you must do this."

Roark: "well.... i'm not gonna. I'm gonna have a sandwhich."

(The Fountainhead, as it might have been told by Eddie Izzard)

[DKRC]

15. Not a sandwich ~

:evilgrin:

[provis99]

5. Atlas Shrugged, by Asshat.

works for me.

[Political Heretic]

7. Haha Asshat Shrugged. :)

[Pab Sungenis]

11. There's a great scene in Matt Ruff's "Sewer Gas and Electric"

where Abby Hoffman's punishment in the hereafter is to try and teach Ayn Rand a joke. It's a sidesplitter.

[yorgatron]

16. and here I thought I was the only one to read that.

love that book,must read again...

[Arctic Dave]

12. An asshat and long winded. My god whenever ever I read that

book I thought I aged ten years.

[tritsofme]

13. Isn't Angelina Jolie going to star as Dagny(?) the lead female role?

Ironic that this film is to be released soon.

[Baikonour]

17. Yeah, she's confirmed.

But it looks like the film isn't going to be released any time soon. A lot of developmental problems.

[Ikonoklast]

18. Yeah. No matter how hard they try, it comes of as a comedy.

In the real world. the 'John Galts' are the either the biggest welfare frauds or the ones stealing from everyone else, under the guise of an unfettered 'free market'.

I wish all those that think that the entire world revolves around their particular 'genius' would do as the Randians wish for and leave for 'Galt's Gulch'.

The rest of us who actually keep things going would be better off.