To: nickcarraway
Steve Perlman founded Rearden LLC, a San Francisco tech incubator, in 1999, naming the company after his favorite Rand character.
What an odd city for a fan of Atlas Shrugged to set up shop.
That city has to be the most oppressive city in the country, very much like the United States as portrayed in the novel.
3 posted on
07/01/2012 1:23:46 PM PDT by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
To: Pontiac
Maybe that WAS the point. Showcase Liberty, with close examples of Oppression at hand. . .
5 posted on
07/01/2012 1:27:12 PM PDT by
Salgak
(Acme Lasers presents: The Energizer Border. I **DARE** you to cross it. . . .)
To: Pontiac
I was thinking the same thing.
Two Atlas fans in San Fran? They must have somehow become displaced.
6 posted on
07/01/2012 1:40:10 PM PDT by
certrtwngnut
(It's not the people who vote that count, it's the people who count the votes. (Josef Stalin))
To: Pontiac
That city has to be the most oppressive city in the countryHave you heard of New York? SF hasn't banned every food they deem unacceptable. They don't have a mayor who unilaterally gave himself a third term, even though the voters limited mayors to two terms.
To: Pontiac
What an odd city for a fan of Atlas Shrugged to set up shop. Or exactly the opposite. Who needs a little Rand worse than someone trapped in San Fagcisco?
15 posted on
07/01/2012 10:15:46 PM PDT by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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