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Atlas Shrugged, more charitably perhaps despite its manifest flaws, seemed to me to be about the dangers of putting “the needs of the many” over individual righ
by mrexcess 6mo ago
Atlas Shrugged, more charitably perhaps despite its manifest flaws, seemed to me to be about the dangers of putting “the needs of the many” over individual rights, and how it can ultimately be self defeating for the whole.
- thrance 6mo agoEhhh, is this really what the world is suffering from though? Too much equality?
- piekvorst 6mo agoToo much social conflicts caused by uncritical pursuit of “equality” (really, privileges).
- mrexcess 6mo agoI don’t think, “too much equality” was one of the themes. Rather, it was about too much centralized power over the individual. And yes I do think that’s somewhat relevant to understanding issues of today, including mass surveillance the centralization of technological control behind crypto-nationalized zaibatsus, etc.