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29. Like I thought. n/t

Reply to Ikonoklast (Reply #26)

Thu Jan 5, 2012, 03:48 PM

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Atlas shrugs, Atlas starves. The End. The most fatal flaw in Ayn Rand's book. [View all] Zalatix Jan 2012 OP

Only the last one would starve wtmusic Jan 2012 #1

Yep, like a pack of rabid, cannibal weasels MilesColtrane Jan 2012 #6

illustrated..... blindpig Jan 2012 #2

Isn't it ironic? Ayn Rand fled from the tyranny of Josef Stalin Zalatix Jan 2012 #4

I would dispute your characterization of Stalin. blindpig Jan 2012 #5

Disputing Stalin's mass murders? Huh?!! Zalatix Jan 2012 #7

Uncle Joe was just a swell guy. tritsofme Jan 2012 #10

He purged the party of anyone not a cult of Stalin member. Ikonoklast Jan 2012 #11

He killed his own supporters? Interesting. Zalatix Jan 2012 #12

Concerning Stalin... blindpig Jan 2012 #15

Murder in the name of political Purity has its defenders, still. Ikonoklast Jan 2012 #16

Got nothin', huh? n/t blindpig Jan 2012 #17

You want me to agree that killing you political enemies is accepted? Ikonoklast Jan 2012 #18

No blindpig Jan 2012 #22

You don't accept anything that goes against your version of reality. Ikonoklast Jan 2012 #26

Like I thought. n/t blindpig Jan 2012 #29

Ooooh, declaring victory. News flash, no one else is raising your hand in victory. Zalatix Jan 2012 #42

"Josef Stalin was the elected leader of the Soviet Union,..." Not really. yellowcanine Jan 2012 #23

If the Party membership was unhappy with Stalin they could have removed him. blindpig Jan 2012 #27

Yeah right. Party members who tried to remove Stalin did not stay around very long. yellowcanine Jan 2012 #30

Resources yes, but yet largely undeveloped. blindpig Jan 2012 #32

I get it. You think Stalin would have behaved like a democrat if everyone else had. yellowcanine Jan 2012 #34

That is untrue. They would have been killed first. Nt DevonRex Jan 2012 #49

"...neither collectivized agriculture nor centralized industrial planning worked very well Fool Count Jan 2012 #51

In the long run, no, neither did. But it begs the question doesn't it? yellowcanine Jan 2012 #70

Most exercises in "what if" alternative history end up being baseless, Fool Count Jan 2012 #71

"Were there arrests, imprisonments and executions? Yes, the Revolution must be defended." Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2012 #25

"the sour grapes of Leon Trotsky" - guess an ice pick solved that sour grapes problem, huh? Warren DeMontague Jan 2012 #37

You've got Russians out there admitting Stalin was a mass murderer - and defending it. Zalatix Jan 2012 #41

"standing on the shoulders of giants we'll do better next time." you can stand on stalin's shoulders dionysus Jan 2012 #47

Stalin was one of the most brutal dictators in world history. Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2012 #24

you HAVE to be joking. Warren DeMontague Jan 2012 #36

Millions of dead Ukrainians would disagree with you. BreweryYardRat Jan 2012 #40

Amen to that. He drove Ukranians away from DevonRex Jan 2012 #52

oh jesus... dionysus Jan 2012 #43

OMG. He was evil. DevonRex Jan 2012 #48

that never gets old, lol Blue_Tires Jan 2012 #8

I (mistakenly) rented the movie recently. dotymed Jan 2012 #3

They wouldn't have lived long enough to starve. Ikonoklast Jan 2012 #9

It's a stupid book. Hissyspit Jan 2012 #13

Ayn Rand: Antichrist USA_1 Jan 2012 #14

Not to mention, not that good of a writer either. Mediocre at best. yellowcanine Jan 2012 #19

You are too kind. hifiguy Jan 2012 #21

Alluding to Truman Capote's withering criticism of Kerouac. Nicely played. Monk06 Jan 2012 #50

But they are the brilliant ones treestar Jan 2012 #20

So, you have never been to Colorado. To bad Motown_Johnny Jan 2012 #28

I don't care where you are at, if you're not a farmer and no one sells you food you will starve Zalatix Jan 2012 #33

that is just wrong, sorry Motown_Johnny Jan 2012 #53

In some ways I agree but in some I disagree. They key is your term "reasonably equipped" stevenleser Jan 2012 #58

traps don't need ammo, neither does fishing gear Motown_Johnny Jan 2012 #59

I dont know how to make or place traps or nets. why would they? stevenleser Jan 2012 #62

you seem to be grasping at straws Motown_Johnny Jan 2012 #65

Have you ever watched "Survivor"? Zalatix Jan 2012 #66

only the first season Motown_Johnny Jan 2012 #67

I should let this drop? Because who said so? Zalatix Jan 2012 #68

You are the one who should let this drop.There is a reason the military teaches survival techniques stevenleser Jan 2012 #69

Then I challenge you make good on that. Go find a city slicker and send them out there to do it. Zalatix Jan 2012 #60

get me a time machine and send me back to the late 1800s Motown_Johnny Jan 2012 #61

First, your timeline is WAY off. In "Atlas Shrugged" there were jet planes. Zalatix Jan 2012 #63

I said I never read it Motown_Johnny Jan 2012 #64

But you make THE POINT about anyone Rex Jan 2012 #31

The final result of Ayn Rand's philosophy is Shankapotomus Jan 2012 #35

My preferred critique of Galt's Gulch is that of the motor that supposedly provides its power stevenleser Jan 2012 #38

Great post! Shankapotomus Jan 2012 #39

Thank you! stevenleser Jan 2012 #46

Really? The book's hero has a perpetual motion machine? JackRiddler Jan 2012 #44

Technicially, Galt's motor is not an example of a perpetual motion machine stevenleser Jan 2012 #54

Okay, the point being... JackRiddler Jan 2012 #56

Yes, not only unlimited, but impossibly easy to create stevenleser Jan 2012 #57

Uhh, wrong. the mot fatal flaw in Atlas Shrugged is the perpetual motion machine. maggiesfarmer Jan 2012 #45

See my #54 stevenleser Jan 2012 #55

I like daring libertarians to head off to "Galt's Gulch" without me and not to forget... reACTIONary Jan 2012 #72