“I haven’t seen the movie just out, but I am currently re-reading “Atlas Shrugged”. It is very depressing because I see so much of the condition and political dominance written in the book around me more and more every day. Especially the placing of the blame and hatred upon successful and productive business being the fault for the disintegration of our amazing country of opportunity to raise one’s standard of living due to ambition, and hard work. There are too many who have become dependent upon the government for their daily bread, which I find appalling! How can one hold one’s head up when they are nothing but a parasite? If we allow all the “New Thought” (Communism) to prevail, we will not!”
Very well said. I do not read Ayn Rand for her thoughts on Christ or religion—I read it for her exposition of socialism, which is timeless (much like Jefferson’s writings).
When I first read it, (in the ‘t0’s?) it gave me the clues as to what to watch for, and I did. But when I saw something worth telling people about, they were too busy with their jobs, and perhaps their boats to listen. S0 we find ourselves at this pretty pass! Others tried without success, as well, of course.
As the Bible gives us the road map for life, Ayn Rand gave us the blueprint for disaster. For nearly four hundred years we enjoyed the first. So how did we end up with the last? My prayer is that we have not yet reached the point of no return.
(in the 50’s)