[ExI] Atlas Shrugged

[ilsa]

I read the book twice in my life. Once as young adult in my early twenties
and again about 20 years later which was not as much fun. My take is that
it's really pornography it's so sexy really sexy way to be authoritarian
Smile, ilsa

On Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 11:25 AM Darin Sunley via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> The book is unashamed and unabashed literal propaganda for a very specific
> political philosophy. The characters in the book that endorse and embody
> the philosophy are literal demigods of virtue, strength, and morality
> (within the framework of the philosophy) and those in opposition are, at
> best, pathetic, confused and compromised, or (more commonly) outright
> mustache-twirling pastiches of pure evil.
>
> This isn't necessarily a criticism of the book's artistic merit, let alone
> of the underlying philosophy, but it's a fair warning of the literary genre
> the author was writing in.
>
> By way of example, in about the center of the novel, one of the main
> characters delivers, in a monologue, what can only be called a manifesto of
> the political philosophy. At this point the author abandons any pretense of
> this being a novel in any conventional sense. The entire section abandons
> any pretense of moving the plot forward and lasts for more than 50 pages in
> the paperback edition. You'll recognize it when you see it.
>
> On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 12:04 PM Hermes Trismegistus via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> I have heard mention of Ayn Rand’s works, particularly Atlas Shrugged, on
>> this list and other places. I have not read it myself, but am interested in
>> your all’s thoughts on the book. The book seems to be very polarizing, with
>> some loathing it and others praising it. I come mostly from a libertarian
>> perspective and am curious as to the potential pitfalls of the book and
>> what may be learned by reading it.
>>
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