Reclaim the Blue blog

CONTACT US

Atlas Shrugged

reclaim_xpj7g4kc Avatar

BY

acmaurer

This 50+ year old book is remarkably timely today.  A friend told me this and I was simply amazed at how true it is.  I don’t think Ayn Rand was trying to be a visionary or a prophet, but she is.  Still #43 on the Amazon Best Sellers list–not bad for a book published that long ago.

Rand divides the world into those who produce and those who consume.  She calls them the creators and the looters; I like the sound of makers and takers.  The theme of the novel is to show what happens when the looters rule.  Some say that would describe America today.  I’m in that camp.

One response

  1. Bill Gillin Avatar
    Bill Gillin

    Hi Al, from a ’73 classmate. I remember reading Atlas Shrugged while in high school. Guess that makes me somewhat of a nerd/wonk. I don’t recall a lot of it, but do remember the concept of creators and looters. It does sound a lot like today. When over half of the voters realize they can “vote for themselves largess from the public treasury,” it will be hard to turn around. Let’s hope we can and have enough time.

    Reply

Leave a Reply to Bill Gillin Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

TAGS:

conservative constitution election healthcare parties tea party

Latest Posts