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The objectivist philosophy is born out of one of the oddest worldviews I've ever encountered. At once compelling; those who work hard and make things work are r

The objectivist philosophy is born out of one of the oddest worldviews I've ever encountered. At once compelling; those who work hard and make things work are right to wield the fruits of it, yet also seems to be foolishly naive; power is not conferred legitimacy by it's own existence, but rather in how much it lubricates the efficient functioning of the other edifi around one. The powerful are as much accidental fortune aggregators as they are victims of the situations of the microcosms of the world around them. Rand rejects the obligation of the Atlas to the World. Despite the fact that without the world, there is naught to recommend or even honor the Atlas for. Rand also, and justifiably, I think, highlights the alieness of an Atlas's thinking to those that do not naturally aspire to it. The great paradox of Atlas Shrugged is this: If you can do, do so and reap the fruits. Do as thou wilt, but complain not when the world's turning goes not in your favor. Eventually it won't, and it will destroy you.

jimmyvalmer 5y ago
> The great paradox of Atlas Shrugged is this: Really? As much as I dislike Rand's sententiouness, I don't go around palming off my own vapid taglines as the author's.
bsenftner 5y ago
I always thought Rand's greatest paradox is the world she describes is not our world, not our reality, and readers think she is writing about our reality. The problem with Rand is her characters are not real humans: her heroes are born with innate, unlearnable talents they simple have at birth. She states ths over and over again in her literature: these innately superior humans are born that way, and it cannot be learned - they just are, and that "are" is god-like in purity of thought and a perfection of action. POPPYCOCK, complete bullshit and only suitable for immature intellectualism, of the type the GOP and most religions seem to rely.

jimmyvalmer 5y ago

> The great paradox of Atlas Shrugged is this: Really? As much as I dislike Rand's sententiouness, I don't go around palming off my own vapid taglines as the author's.

bsenftner 5y ago

I always thought Rand's greatest paradox is the world she describes is not our world, not our reality, and readers think she is writing about our reality. The problem with Rand is her characters are not real humans: her heroes are born with innate, unlearnable talents they simple have at birth. She states ths over and over again in her literature: these innately superior humans are born that way, and it cannot be learned - they just are, and that "are" is god-like in purity of thought and a perfection of action. POPPYCOCK, complete bullshit and only suitable for immature intellectualism, of the type the GOP and most religions seem to rely.