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The one's who do not want to create value but use the benefits of other's hard work. "Rand's heroes must continually fight against "parasites", "looters", and
by ScotterC 14y ago
The one's who do not want to create value but use the benefits of other's hard work.
"Rand's heroes must continually fight against "parasites", "looters", and "moochers" who demand the benefits of the heroes' labor. Edward Younkins describes Atlas Shrugged as "an apocalyptic vision of the last stages of conflict between two classes of humanity — the looters and the non-looters"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_shrugged#Property_rights_and_individualism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_shrugged#Property_rights_...
- pyoung 14y agouhh, the looters in the article are bankers and CEO's. The looters in Atlas Shrugged are government and people on welfare. Very different definitions.
- angersock 14y ago"the looters in the article are bankers and CEO's" "ooters in Atlas Shrugged are government and people on welfare" But sir (or madam!), I believe you repeat yourself here. In all seriousness, I think that Rand would've been pretty annoyed at what's come to pass--the capitalist fetishism espoused in works such as Atlas Shrugged does not take kindly to those that do not actually generate capital and wealth. Also, you are strictly incorrect about the looters in Atlas Shrugged: one of the largest groups of looters (embodied in James Taggart and his cohorts) in the novel are the businessmen who use lobbyists to further their companies and stifle competition. This should, incidentally, seem somewhat familiar to anyone watching the news for the past decade.
- kaonashi 14y agoThe looters in America right now fetishize Rand.