Atlas Shrugged and Objectivism

[MarineTrainedTard]

I'd love to see a truly Objectivist society come into being. I am very curious to see how long it'd take to completely disintegrate and collapse on itself.

 

[Morbid Boredom]

Most authors grow with each book, to the point that literary critics make a big deal about how many books an author has published so far -"their sophomore effort"- but Ayn Rand degenerated from a competent author to a propagandist.

At some points, We the Living impressed me -probably because it's the most grounded in reality, innocent people were destroyed by the Russian Revolution. Anthem is an interesting enough book on its own, teenagers on a dystopian novel kick should include it on their reading list. The Fountainhead is rather weak and preachy. Atlas Shrugged deserves pretty much all the mockery it gets.

 

[Too Many Crooks]

I'd love to see a truly Objectivist society come into being. I am very curious to see how long it'd take to completely disintegrate and collapse on itself.

You can, it's called Bioshock

 

[K>C]

"These sad saps. They come to Rapture thinking they're gonna be captains of industry, but they all forget that somebody's gotta scrub the toilets. What an angle they gave me... I hand these mugs a cot and a bowl of soup, and they give me their lives. Who needs an army when I got Fontaine's Home for the Poor?"- Bioshock on the reality of the Objectivist State.

 

[Zeorus]

I'd love to see a truly Objectivist society come into being. I am very curious to see how long it'd take to completely disintegrate and collapse on itself.

I give it a week.

 

[Datiko]

You can, it's called Bioshock

Bioshock is more projection hoping that such a society would not succeed. I also would like to see somebody attempt it just to see how well or horrifically things turn out.

 

[Hummingbird]

So the ending turns Scrooge from a good guy to a horrible selfish nug, got it.

And I like how they support the very people that would exploit them, even as they scream about getting theirs.

It's being what I call a Serena Joy. Someone who will happily side with a group that dislikes them, singing their praises, going against others while believing they'll be seated at the right hand of the master(s). Only that they will get screwed over when they mess-up or outlive their usefulness. Joss Whedon is an example of this.

Bioshock is more projection hoping that such a society would not succeed. I also would like to see somebody attempt it just to see how well or horrifically things turn out.

They sure wouldn't be that happy when they realize since they cut themselves off, they have no other places to do business with. So a certain business woman's train empire will be very limited. You need to have a healthy customer base if you want your business to make it.

Overall, I think Bob the Angry Flower showed it best.