"Whatever claim you have on me," he (Hank Reardon) said, "no human being can hold on another a claim demanding that he wipe himself out of existence."- Atlas Shrugged
I don't get it. It's like the bible in that way. People talk about what a horrible person Rand was, and what a childish, stupid piece of claptrap that "Atlas Shrugged" was. I read that book cover to cover and I could not find one thing wrong with it. Ditto for the bible. I have seen both those tomes vindicated proven in the last decade in spades.
Glen, I have read not all of Rand's works but the major ones of Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead (I might also mention her book on writing, The Art of Fiction, is one of the best books on writing I have read). Her philosophy is not consistent with Christianity in all places, of course - her understanding of morality was vastly different than the Bible's - but her underlying understanding of economics and human nature is one of the best I have seen in modern times. To your point, it has played out precisely as Rand indicated.
What most forget is that Rand got to live through the Russian Revolution and the first years of the Soviet Union. She had a very unique view of where collectivism leads.
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I don't get it. It's like the bible in that way. People talk about what a horrible person Rand was, and what a childish, stupid piece of claptrap that "Atlas Shrugged" was. I read that book cover to cover and I could not find one thing wrong with it. Ditto for the bible. I have seen both those tomes vindicated proven in the last decade in spades.
ReplyDeleteGlen, I have read not all of Rand's works but the major ones of Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead (I might also mention her book on writing, The Art of Fiction, is one of the best books on writing I have read). Her philosophy is not consistent with Christianity in all places, of course - her understanding of morality was vastly different than the Bible's - but her underlying understanding of economics and human nature is one of the best I have seen in modern times. To your point, it has played out precisely as Rand indicated.
ReplyDeleteWhat most forget is that Rand got to live through the Russian Revolution and the first years of the Soviet Union. She had a very unique view of where collectivism leads.