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> Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand I'd recommend leaving that one in the bathroom in case you run out of toilet paper.
by baz00 3y ago
> Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
I'd recommend leaving that one in the bathroom in case you run out of toilet paper.
- saltserv 3y ago[dead]
- tayo42 3y agoI wish this book wasn't as massive as it is. I'd like to read to see why it's so polarizing, I'm just not that interested lol
- ksherlock 3y agoIt's actually not that long if you skip over the monologues.
- baz00 3y agoIt's so polarising because it creates poorly defined ideologues that don't exist in reality. It's a giant straw man. And what is left is held together with bits of sticky tape and string. It's just bad. In Rand's world, Musk (on a bad day) would be your god, your boss and your parent figure. I can see how it'd go down well with the rabid "I am the centre of the universe and all shall yield" types that seem to fall out of the American academic system into servitude friendly startups that are promoted on here like they are a good thing. Like I said, toilet paper. Put it next to Mein Kampf and Ready Player Two. Both are as morally and literarily offensive in the same way.
- prepend 3y agoI remember my literature teacher describing it as a romantic fantasy and that helped quite a bit. It’s not meant to be realistic as it’s Rand’s belief system. It’s like complaining that Plato’s Cave isn’t realistic or something. It’s nowhere near Mein Kampf and it’s a bit offensive to equate this with Hitler (or Ready Player Two).
- prepend 3y agoIt’s funny because people pooping on Ayn Rand is such a cliche. I know it’s not a perfect signal but I’ve never encountered a smart person knee-jerk reacting to any mention of Rand. Also, this is poor advice as this book is so big and the paper so thin it is absolutely horrible as toilet paper.