The typical flippant dismissal of Atlas Shrugged kept me from reading it until well into my 40's. I'm not a huge fan of the book, but for me it was a viewpoint

The typical flippant dismissal of Atlas Shrugged kept me from reading it until well into my 40's. I'm not a huge fan of the book, but for me it was a viewpoint often missing now days. For some people it's a good wake up call. If one want to trade in some of our sicker tendencies in this society for better virtues then perhaps it may be appropriate.