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A #review of the #book “Ayn Rand: Writing A Gospel Of Success” by Alexandra Popoff that is more of a commentary on #AynRand than a #BookReview:
“Atlas Schlepped”, Jewish Review Of Books (https://jewishreviewofbooks.com/literature/17180/atlas-schlepped/).
One of the things that "Atlas Shrugged" left me with is calling the aesthetics of Art Deco "Taggartian," after Dagny Taggart, the main character of the book. We regularly use it with my wife. Other than that, luckily, the book left me largely unscathed.
Wild Speculation...
What if the guys who made the #AtlasShrugged #movies were trying to pull a "Springtime for Hitler" scam, like in #TheProducers, and succeeded because they didn't hire Lorenzo to play John Galt?
This theory assumes they were film-literate enough to have seen and understood The Producers, and is thus incompatible with the predominant theory that they simply did not understand enough to make a good movie based on #AynRand's already wild and unrealistic scifi fantasy plot.
“days of the United States propping up the entire world order like Atlas are over”
new ayn rand just dropped
(related: https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/make-argentina-gold-again )
#argentina #milei #javierMilei #bailout #uspol #aynRand #atlasShrugged #meme #memes #libertarian #libertarians #libertarianism
In 1964, #AynRand asked: *Is Atlas Shrugging?*
Her answer wasn’t prophecy—it was a warning. Rand saw creeping #authoritarianism, cultural stagnation, and the erosion of individual agency.
Whether you agree or disagree, her lens on power and responsibility still provokes thought.
Newly restored audio + transcript: https://newideal.aynrand.org/is-atlas-shrugging-by-ayn-rand-video
As a teenager in Soviet Russia, #AynRand began drafting an untitled precursor to #AtlasShrugged—what she called “the story of the strike.” These early notes reveal a raw, radical phase of her thinking, where moral clarity and creative defiance were still taking shape.
A rare glimpse into the architecture of #Objectivism before it had a name: https://newideal.aynrand.org/the-lost-precursor-to-atlas-shrugged/
#bookstodon #philosophy #indIvidualism #LiteraryHistory #CreativeProcess
So the evil bureaucrats offer John Galt a job, but he refuses, so they crucify him on an electrical machine.
Unfortunately the fuse blows, but the last man to understand electricity is the one being killed, the bureaucrats leave
Then in a scene, surely plagiarised by the Wachowski's in the Matrix, Taggart dressed in black rescues Galt and takes him back to Zion, I mean Atlantis .. or whatever the place is.. as the lights go out across the city, the revolution begins
It reminds me of #AtlasShrugged.
“We are probably going to stop publishing in the Lancet, the New England Journal of Medicine (#NEJM), #JAMA and those other journals because they are all corrupt."
Kennedy said agencies within the #HHS will create their own “in-house” journals. “They are going to become the preeminent journals, because if you get #NIH funding it is anointing you as a good, legitimate scientist,” he said.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5322269-robert-kennedy-jr-bans-medical-journals/
@HonkHase Ich denke in den USA hat das viel mit #Objektivismus Theorie von #AynRand zutun. #LarryEllison und viele der tech Bros sind ja Fan von der Dame, die hier kaum bekannt ist.
zB #AtlasShrugged https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_wirft_die_Welt_ab
@benfulton @openculture Oh, #AynRand realized there were incompetent and evil industrialists and businesspeople. Here's a list of such characters from #AtlasShrugged:
- James Taggart
- Orren Boyle
- Emma Chalmers
- Lee Hunsacker
- Paul Larkin
- Eugene Lawson
- Clifton Locey
- Gerald and Ivy Starnes
"Hay dos novelas que pueden cambiar la vida de un adolescente de 14 años: El Señor de los Anillos y La Rebelión de Atlas.
Uno es una #fantasía infantil que suele engendrar una obsesión eterna con héroes poco creíbles, llevando a una #adultez socialmente limitada y emocionalmente estancada, imposibilitando lidiar con el mundo real.
El otro, por supuesto, contiene orcos."
- John Rogers
#ElSeñorDeLosAnillos #LaRebeliónDeAtlas #TheLordOfTheRings #Literatura #AtlasShrugged #AynRand #JRRTolkien
I am finally listening to the #BehindTheBastards episode on the #Conservative #Porn #Book "Blue Dawn".
Maybe the best thing that could happen in the next 4 years is a #Movie being made of this modern classic. I guess it would star Kevin Sorbo and would surely take pride of place on any #Blockbuster shelf, right next to the 2011 classic #AtlasShrugged
If they made a movie of #BlueDawn, I'd absolutely seed it to 200% - or 48 hours, whichever came first.
You listening, #StevenSpielberg?
Angela doing politics. She's great as always. (I'm a physicist by formation, btw).😏
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmJI6qIqURA
Stopping the motor of the world does take a toll.
source: https://www.instagram.com/p/C3clzspoh6Q/
#JohnGalt #AtlasShrugged #WhoIsJohnGalt #AynRand #Objectivism #philosophy #bookstodon
@thac0 Except that article paints #Objectivism as “dog-eat-dog” and consonant with #Republican policies.
See the following for some corrections:
• https://NewIdeal.AynRand.org/can-selfishness-be-a-moral-ideal/
• https://NewIdeal.AynRand.org/meet-the-conservative-authoritarians/
I’m particularly amused by Burke’s phrase “dog-eat-dog,” since a major #AtlasShrugged plot point was an “Anti-dog-eat-dog Rule” shackling heroine Dagny Taggart’s railroad company from being too successful against its competition
I don’t think Burke picked up #AynRand before putting her down.
To understand why #AynRand’s #ethics of selfishness inspires millions of readers, we need to get beyond the popular conception of what #selfishness involves: https://NewIdeal.AynRand.org/can-selfishness-be-a-moral-ideal/
“Instead of callous climbers and exploiters, we find [in #TheFountainhead and #AtlasShrugged] individuals of integrity, purpose, and intelligence … who guide their lives by reason, pursue productive careers and take pride in themselves, their work, and their capacity to live.”
@jimdonegan @philosophy Problem solved by #AynRand in 1957. Catch up: https://courses.AynRand.org/lexicon/soul-body-dichotomy/
#MindBodyProblem #SoulBodyDichotomy #philosophy #Objectivism #AtlasShrugged #ForTheNewIntellectual
Why not give or sell your work, wealth, or property to just anyone?
“Because it’s *mine.* Do you understand the word?”
—Hank Rearden in ‘#AtlasShrugged’ by #AynRand https://AynRand.org/novels/atlas-shrugged/
Your mind is your fundamental tool for survival as a human. Your individual right to life includes the right to use your mind for productive work and enjoy its results. That is the foundation of your #PropertyRights and of #capitalism.
#IndividualRights #rights #economics #politics #philosophy #Objectivism
@wjmaggos Nope, I was wrong. I checked and #AI does a better job summarizing #AynRand’s #AtlasShrugged than you do: https://search.arc.net/cWmtqz8hlAQOxBsjtKNQ
I guess you’re just spreading lies.
#AtlasShrugged via AI: Worship CEOs, Fuck the Poor.
#TheBible via AI: Do the opposite.
OK, I laughed at this #AynRand #meme about #AtlasShrugged
source: https://instagram.com/p/C3clzspoh6Q/ by https://instagram.com/objectivist_memes
So many of us have long lists of books that we plan to read. I use an Amazon list for this purpose. Although I have put more than 500 titles on the list, I make a point of trying not to purchase any of them from Amazon.
As I've grown older, I've become aware that life is too short to waste on really bad books, so I have developed a list of books that are on others' "must read" lists but that I want to avoid at all costs. Number one on that list is the loathsome crank Ayn Rand's "masterpiece", "Atlas Shrugged".
@DrHyde I suppose you (along with the #ModernLibrary) prefer #JamesJoyce? https://newideal.aynrand.org/a-tale-of-two-novels/
The list from that editorial (https://sites.prh.com/modern-library-top-100) had a solicited correspondence from what’s now the Columbia Publishing Course. The latter’s director said at the time, “Our list reflects a young, more #feminist crowd. [It] shows a difference of age and taste.”
#AynRand’s #TheFountainhead was #43 and #AtlasShrugged was #92: https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1998/7/24/class-ranks-top-100-novels-of/
Long but worthwhile read for anyone interested in #morality, #ethics, and #philosophy: https://newideal.aynrand.org/discovering-atlantis-atlas-shruggeds-demonstration-of-a-new-moral-philosophy-part-1/
