UPDATE: “AYN RAND & ATLAS SHRUGGED IN UNDER 10 MINUTES.” [View all]

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When I attempted to become the first person to actually read Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged I didn't expect to make a video about it. But many months later, after finishing the book and half-a-dozen biographies about the author I got the idea to make a little video. Nine-and-a-half minutes is little, compared to the nine-and-a-half months it took to do all that reading.

At the end of January 2013 I posted a video to YouTube called “Ayn Rand & Atlas Shrugged in Under 10 Minutes.” Not surprisingly, I was bombarded with negative comments from conservatives who had been told by Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck that Atlas Shrugged is a great book.

One guy kept insisting that I never read the book. I told him that if he didn't apologize for being so stupid I would delete his comments. Of course he didn't and so his comments were removed. Then he got all his friends to post the exact same comments that he posted. I asked what the possible motivation could be for making a video about a book I hadn't read. Now he concentrates on getting everyone he knows to vote “thumbs down.” I'm pretty sure I will hear from him again when the “thumbs down” surpass the “thumbs up.”

Another guy said that the video wasn't accurate because Satan didn't really endorse Atlas Shrugged, even though Anton LaVey's Satanic Bible was inspired by it.

One person said that I was wrong in saying that Rand “hero” Ragnar the Pirate was responsible for countless deaths overseas by sinking ships carrying relief supplies. He insisted that the ships weren't sunk. I gave him a page number and told him to look it up. Then he tried to tell me that Ragnar took the captured relief supplies and distributed them himself to the people overseas.

One guy refused to believe that John Galt's speech promoted atheism. He may have changed his mind when I gave him a dozen examples, but it's hard to tell when you are dealing with conservatives.

Someone thought he had proof that the video sucked because it had only 88 “likes” out of 10,000 “views.” I told him that while anyone on the Internet can watch YouTube videos, only members can vote. Anyway, the “like-view” ratio was double the 0.4% ratio of popular videos featuring Justin Beiber and Nicky Minaj.

A guy insisted that Atlas Shrugged MUST be a great book because it has sold so many copies. Well, the book is nearly 1,200 pages long and libraries don't let you keep books for eight months! If you want to read it you HAVE TO buy it! I bought it, and hated it, like I knew I would.

Countless people have bought the book on the recommendation of Rush Limbaugh and his fellow fraudcasters. Few have made it past page ten! Did I mention that some conservative billionaires buy Atlas Shrugged in bulk for free distribution to schools and libraries?

One individual called the video long and boring. I guarantee THAT person never read Atlas Shrugged!