I am reposting my “final thoughts” on Atlas Shrugged. The only thing I would add to my 2018 review is this modest proposal: leftist academics and politicians of all kinds should add Ayn Rand’s magnum opus to their reading lists.
(a) The Good đ: This is by far the most entertaining book weâve ever read explaining the evils of communism and the hypocrisy of most intellectuals. One can choose to dismiss these âbig ideasâ as adolescent, simplistic, or naive, but as the histories of various revolutions have shown, radical redistribution schemes make everyone poorâeveryone, that is, except for those in power. (As a further aside, if intellectuals truly favored equality, why do so few (if any) of them refuse to accept prizes or literary awards? And why are academic intellectuals responsible for perpetuating the most feudal, archaic, and anti-egalitarian domain of the modern economy? Yes, we are referring to Academia!)
(b) The Bad đŠ: Although the story is a compelling one, the bad guys in Atlas are uni-dimensional, mere straw men. As a matter of fact, we would love it if someone were to rewrite Atlasâbut fromâŠ
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