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In reply to the discussion: "Ayn Rand had it completely wrong." [View all]GopherGal
(2,028 posts)6. There's a quote about Atlas Shrugged:
There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year olds life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."
[Kung Fu Monkey -- Ephemera, blog post, March 19, 2009]
― John Rogers
[link:https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/366635-there-are-two-novels-that-can-change-a-bookish-fourteen-year|]
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At my grandson's HS graduation, everyone got to give him a piece of advice for college (Harvard!)
librechik
Aug 2023
#2
Outstanding! I was just about to paste in that quote when I saw you already had done so...
Hekate
Aug 2023
#46
Tell ya what...my MAGA relatives are FIRST in line for any so-called "socialism"
CousinIT
Aug 2023
#8
She signed up for SS and medicare under her husband's name, which she never used,
Meadowoak
Aug 2023
#26
Zombie-eyed granny starver Paul Ryan required his staff to read "Atlas Shrugged"
OMGWTF
Aug 2023
#13
LOL... nothing "socialist" about the USSR except the name. Pure totalitarianism. n/t
TygrBright
Aug 2023
#30
State socialism. It really is different, there many different degrees of government involvement in the
Yoyoyo77
Aug 2023
#53
Absolutely. Mankind survived against bigger, stronger rivals by being smart and working together.
Midnight Writer
Aug 2023
#24
The COVID pandemic and related worker shortages proved Ayn Rand completely wrong
Ohioboy
Aug 2023
#21