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>Ayn Rand didn't write novels about homesteading Galt's Gulch seems to fit that description. >none of the characters in her books are self sufficient. I thin
by glenstein 2y ago
>Ayn Rand didn't write novels about homesteading
Galt's Gulch seems to fit that description.
>none of the characters in her books are self sufficient.
I think they were in the sense that they, within the fiction of the books, had irreplaceable economic skills that made them fortunes. They were (again just in the logic of the books), more than pulling their weight.
Doesn't mean I agree with it as a system but I can see the internal consistency in this respect at least.
- int_19h 2y agoAside from Galt's Gulch, there's also Dagny's brief stint on her own, during which she more or less magically automates everything that needs to be done.
- TeaBrain 2y agoAlso, in Anthem, the two main characters end up living self-sufficiently in secluded wilderness.
- cryptonector 2y agoYes, it's all magical for her heroes. There was no homesteading in the gulch or whatever. There was only magical abundance and sterile happiness.