CHAT Ayn Rand fans?
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Hognutz
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With all the people going Galt we’re living it….
parsonswife
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Absolutely!!! Read atlas shrugged in college. Changed my life in many ways
Warm Wisconsin
Easy as 3.141592653589..
There was about 20 people that left my company proactively over the vaccine mandate.
I put John Galt stickers on all of their office doors after they left
Capt. Eddie
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My second favorite author.
Johnny Reb
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AlaskaSue
North to the Future
Hmm, had not heard of that documentary. Thanks for mentioning it, will have to watch this weekend!
A buddy of mine named his company after a character from Atlas Shrugged. He is a great machinist and programmer.
Worth a look if you are into form 1 cans.
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Worth a look if you are into form 1 cans.
Muzzle Brakes – Rearden MFG
Rearden Steel
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I will check him out.
Squib
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Yep, and when we homeschooled our kids, they all were introduced to her…
Rush’s album, 2112 turned me on to her writings…first read Anthem, the fountainhead, and other, finally, Atlas Shrugged.
The last one is one of the best books I’ve ever read!
As someone’s already stated, we’re living it…it’s uncanny.
Rush’s album, 2112 turned me on to her writings…first read Anthem, the fountainhead, and other, finally, Atlas Shrugged.
The last one is one of the best books I’ve ever read!
As someone’s already stated, we’re living it…it’s uncanny.
summerkitchen
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Big fan here.
crossbowboy
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Who is crossbowboy?
I was just waiting for you to show up! Knew it wouldn't take long!Who is crossbowboy?
bracketquant
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I avoid the writings of the faithless as much as possible.
crossbowboy
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In all seriouslyness, my cousin made a statement once. He's the one with the tour bus and the music vids on YouLose.
He said: Your dad and my dad could have saved the world, but they just sit there, indulge in vices, and bitch about things.
I said: Have you met the people they would have done that for?
True story.
He said: Your dad and my dad could have saved the world, but they just sit there, indulge in vices, and bitch about things.
I said: Have you met the people they would have done that for?
True story.
willowlady
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A note in reply.... The outcome of Atlas Shrugged is totally dependent on a Deus ex machina. A fantasy. Without that "God in the machine," there is no hope in the book.
bracketquant
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There is no outcome (reality) in a piece of fiction.
crossbowboy
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Patsy: "It's only a model."
King Arthur: "Shh."
King Arthur: "Shh."
I thought I read that Ayn Rand was an atheist. I really enjoyed the book (except the 30 page John Galt radio speech, that I read the first few pages and the last few pages, like lots of other people) but will note that the issues that the book brought up, and that we're living, can only be fixed by the Lord.
From a worldly perspective, a lot of the principalities and people who are driving the mess we're in now are also going to offer a "solution" in the form of a man to the problems they're creating.
mattbert
willowlady
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That Ayn Rand was a professed atheist was kind of my point. In order to "save" the book, she had to stick in a Godlike solution (God in the Machine). I've always wondered if she was aware of the hypocrisy in her solution. Nonetheless, her descriptions of the dissolution of western civilization were spot on, and so far we have no deus ex machina along the lines she proposed.
Dobbin
Faithful Steed
I have often thought Rand "Missed a bet" in not doing a sequel to AS.
She could have followed out the failure of civilization (lights go off in NYC) and done a "rise of the new National Capital" in Galt's Gulch.
Possibly even thrown in those who appear to support Galt - but are actually aligned with the non-producers. Of course her time frame preceded the rise of China and the purchase of wide swaths of the "conservative."
But EVERY fiction needs an adversary close at hand. Like we have now.
Not that we're living a fiction...
Dobbin
Profit of Doom
Dismember
Holy Grail?
Binkerthebear
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If any Dems ever read it, they certainly didn’t understand or appreciate it. (They’re too stupid to see it’s their manual; it’s their massive number of character flaws that dictate their actions and insane ideology). It’s amazing that Rand could so accurately describe the future (now) and the speeches of Reardon and Galt are brilliant.
happyface78
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I love Ayn Rand's writings. Not perfect, but so on point that (for me) they serve as a wonderful guide for many situations.
Even her being an atheist doesn't bother me, as I've found her writings go well with Scripture despite her atheism.
Even her being an atheist doesn't bother me, as I've found her writings go well with Scripture despite her atheism.
crossbowboy
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Profit of Doom
Dismember
Interacting with a model as if reality.
crossbowboy
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I love this place.
Best wishes in troubled times.
Best wishes in troubled times.
RememberGoliad
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It's easy to reconcile Rand's beliefs with Christianity if you look at right vs wrong. I never took her position as anti- Christian as much as arriving at the same philosophy without what she saw as the middlemen.
For every exhortation of an Osteen type to love and give, there are a larger number of warnings to be discerning in what you lend support to.
There is nothing un- Christian in Galt's oath, taken in context and with the understanding that one may give freely if one wishes. Being threatened with snips of Bible if you don't, is not "freely".
Basically, man has free will and must use it as wisely as possible, never forgetting where we came from.
For every exhortation of an Osteen type to love and give, there are a larger number of warnings to be discerning in what you lend support to.
There is nothing un- Christian in Galt's oath, taken in context and with the understanding that one may give freely if one wishes. Being threatened with snips of Bible if you don't, is not "freely".
Basically, man has free will and must use it as wisely as possible, never forgetting where we came from.
I think she had tremendous insight into human nature and political causes and effects, although since she lived under a communist system maybe that goes with her upbringing. She lived through it. But like all the great Russian authors she really couldn't stop herself from using 100 sentences when only 6 or 7 would suffice. She needed a more assertive editor.
But still a great read and I have her books in my library.
But still a great read and I have her books in my library.
bracketquant
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Matthew 12:30
I'll never read one of Rand's books. In any of them, did Galt profess that he was for Christ? Otherwise, he would be against (anti) Christ, according to Matthew 12:30.
happyface78
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Amazing how so many religious extremists think alike, yet claim they don't.
bracketquant
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I make no claims about thinking alike, since I don't know what anyone else thinks. An extremist, absolutely. Revelation 3:16
foreverkeeps
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So we can assume you don't read hardly any, if any, secular books? Jane Austin, Mark Twain, John Steinbeck, Jack London, Ernest Hemmingway, etc?