28 Feb 08
I just finished reading this great book by Ayn Rand, and was curious on other folk’s opinion of this book.
It seems that many countries are falling into the trap of just worrying about serving peoples needs, at the cost of burdening or destroying the industrial strength that keeps a nation running.
For a book that was written in the 1950's, it is incredible on how keenly it applies to today’s societies.
28 Feb 08
Originally posted by Dace AceAyn Rand was a loser.
I just finished reading this great book by Ayn Rand, and was curious on other folk’s opinion of this book.
It seems that many countries are falling into the trap of just worrying about serving peoples needs, at the cost of burdening or destroying the industrial strength that keeps a nation running.
For a book that was written in the 1950's, it is incredible on how keenly it applies to today’s societies.
28 Feb 08
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Originally posted by Dace AceLoooooooong book, but I thought it was well worth the time I invested in it.
I just finished reading this great book by Ayn Rand, and was curious on other folk’s opinion of this book.
It seems that many countries are falling into the trap of just worrying about serving peoples needs, at the cost of burdening or destroying the industrial strength that keeps a nation running.
For a book that was written in the 1950's, it is incredible on how keenly it applies to today’s societies.
But I did develop a hatred of trains, though. 😉
28 Feb 08
Originally posted by rwingettAfter the Russian communist revolution, she lost everything and came to America with literally, just the clothes on her back. Like most ambitious Americans, she went West and wound up in Hollywood where she worked as a screenwriter and there began writing her many novels and works of philosophy. After creating and perfecting her philosophy, she started a foundation, a magazine and a book club and was a frequent guest on Mike Douglas' show. I'm just wondering, how many skins do you have on the wall?
Ayn Rand was a loser.
28 Feb 08
Originally posted by Dace Ace"Atlas Shrugged" is one of the great novels of the 20th century. It's a long, but rewarding read and probably unfilmable as anything other than a triptych. What's amazing is that Ayn Rand and people like William F. Buckley wrote about this stuff (the slide into welfare statism and a never-sated Leviathan that consumes more of our rights and freedoms each year) more than 50 years ago! When I read "Atlas Shrugged," or "The Fountainhead," or even "Anthem," I can't help but see villains in each of these books are the same people who call themselves Democrats/Liberals/Socialists/Communists. What's even more amazing to me is that anyone today -- when there's more available knowledge, for free no less, and readily and instantaneously accessible through the Internet -- would want to be a ward of the State or clamor for more government involvement in their lives. Sadly, ours is not the Age of Reason, but the Age of Irrationality, which leads me to ponder: Who is John Galt?
I just finished reading this great book by Ayn Rand, and was curious on other folk’s opinion of this book.
It seems that many countries are falling into the trap of just worrying about serving peoples needs, at the cost of burdening or destroying the industrial strength that keeps a nation running.
For a book that was written in the 1950's, it is incredible on how keenly it applies to today’s societies.
28 Feb 08
Originally posted by der schwarze RitterRand was an atheist.
"Atlas Shrugged" is one of the great novels of the 20th century. It's a long, but rewarding read and probably unfilmable as anything other than a triptych. What's amazing is that Ayn Rand and people like William F. Buckley wrote about this stuff (the slide into welfare statism and a never-sated Leviathan that consumes more of our rights and freed ...[text shortened]... f Reason, but the Age of Irrationality, which leads me to ponder: Who is John Galt?
28 Feb 08
Originally posted by Dace AceAyn Rand's books and philosophy appeal to those who seek to remain firmly entrenched in juvenile self-centeredness.
I just finished reading this great book by Ayn Rand, and was curious on other folk’s opinion of this book.
It seems that many countries are falling into the trap of just worrying about serving peoples needs, at the cost of burdening or destroying the industrial strength that keeps a nation running.
For a book that was written in the 1950's, it is incredible on how keenly it applies to today’s societies.
28 Feb 08
Originally posted by ThinkOfOneI guess that's how the communists would critique her books. I prefer to think of them as great works of art that honor the highest achievements of what free men and women can aspire to.
Ayn Rand's books and philosophy appeal to those who seek to remain firmly entrenched in juvenile self-centeredness.
28 Feb 08
Originally posted by der schwarze RitterI see. Because Ayn Rand had a hard life and did a lot of stuff, that proves her "philosophy" is true? Funny how that works.
After the Russian communist revolution, she lost everything and came to America with literally, just the clothes on her back. Like most ambitious Americans, she went West and wound up in Hollywood where she worked as a screenwriter and there began writing her many novels and works of philosophy. After creating and perfecting her philosophy, she s ...[text shortened]... quent guest on Mike Douglas' show. I'm just wondering, how many skins do you have on the wall?
28 Feb 08
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Originally posted by der schwarze RitterTelling response. I guess it doesn't get much more juvenile and self-centered than that. Tossing in 'communists' makes it all the more so.
I guess that's how the communists would critique her books. I prefer to think of them as great works of art that honor the highest achievements of what free men and women can aspire to.