I love Whittaker Chambers and think that Witness is the finest piece of Cold War literature ever penned, but in his criticism of AS he committed the cardinal sin of the critic - there is not a single indication in it that he had actually read the book he was criticizing. His was the outrage of the convert at the defiant apostate, I think. But what he found objectionable about the novel is the very least part of it, IMHO.
Of course the left will sneer. It is, after all, what they do best. Declaring a looter like Madoff a capitalist is simply proof that they don't know the very terms of the discussion. But they'd better be concerned about one thing - if even those of us who aren't ubermenschen decide that enough is enough there won't be enough government revenue to support their precious social programs and printing money without it is a freight train to disaster.
Changing the subject just a bit, have you ever compared the description of “The Banner” in “The Fountainhead” to the MSN homepage?
Back to AS: I personally know two people who have remained one man shops here in CA, because the headache involved with adding employees just isn’t worth the monetary gain.
Between the two of them, they’ve probably kept 10 or more $15/hr+ jobs off the market. Not to mention the cost to suppliers, due to less demand from these shops.
Reminds me just a bit of Owen Kellog.
According to my mom, her tax guy has been inundated with requests for advice on reducing taxable income. And, of course, these are people who make in excess of 200k.
Atlas is Shrugging and, as in the book, those who abdicate any responsibility for their actions are being willfully blind to what is happening.