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Ayn Rand wrote a sci-fi/political philosophy book about this exact subject, named Atlas Shrugged. The main character in the book is a railroad executive strugg
by claytongulick 4y ago
Ayn Rand wrote a sci-fi/political philosophy book about this exact subject, named Atlas Shrugged.
The main character in the book is a railroad executive struggling to keep her company afloat in the face of ruinous regulations that were designed to drive the rail systems towards nationalization.
The flip side of course, that she fails to address completely in that book, is unethical behavior by private industry, such as super trains with one engineer, unsafe working conditions, etc...
- mrguyorama 4y agoAlso, you know, it's fucking fiction from an asshole who knew nothing about the world?
- thepasswordis 4y agoLooking around and it looks a little bit like she knew a fair bit about the world.
- claytongulick 4y agoDo you believe that this comment adds to the conversation?
- thepasswordis 4y agoThe market tried to solve this problem with workers going on strike a few months ago. Government regulations are what stopped it.
- yamtaddle 4y agoThe market doesn't meaningfully have organized labor in the first place without government intervention. It also doesn't have corporations. (though I agree that smacking down these workers was some real bullshit)
- yamtaddle 4y ago> political philosophy Mmph. Hm. I guess if Dianetics is a work on metaphysics, sure.
- claytongulick 4y agoYou may not agree with Ayn Rand, and in many cases I certainly don't, however she was a well known philosopher responsible for Objectivism and heavily influenced the formation of the Libertarian party. There are many philosophers that I disagree with, but I wouldn't challenge whether they or their works are philosophical in nature. Atlas Shrugged used trains and science fiction as a literary device to illustrate her philosophy. I found it to be more engaging than her non-fiction works, which was the point, I suppose.