"a sophomoric work of prescriptive pretension, not the type which observes and reports in verisimilitude a plausible description of human affairs." Huh? Isn't

"a sophomoric work of prescriptive pretension, not the type which observes and reports in verisimilitude a plausible description of human affairs." Huh? Isn't the literal plot of Atlas Shrugged trains being looted? Govt not preventing issues? Not sure the sophomoric work has to "reports in verisimilitude a plausible description of human affairs" to remind someone of a parallel? The book itself sold 9M copies I think. I personally couldn't get through it as it's not my style particularly, but I could see how someone would find a parallel.