Free Copy of Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

[still afloat]

http://studentsforliberty.org/upcoming-events/want-a-free-copy-of-atlas-shrugged/

[Dogman]

Only the very stupid or unafraid would fill out a blind form on the Internet.

[skid]

One of the most overrated books ever, IMO. I struggled through all thousand plus pages but was left wanting.

[LuckyStrike]

One of the most overrated books ever, IMO. I struggled through all thousand plus pages but was left wanting.

It was definitely a book which was long for the sake of being long.

Here are my brief thoughts on the book, I'd copy paste it but it has another link to a pretty good article in it too.

http://www.truthinourtime.com/2011/05/my-thoughts-on-atlas-shrugged.html

[oldmansmith]

One of the most overrated books ever, IMO. I struggled through all thousand plus pages but was left wanting.

It is an important book, it helped form my thinking. I read it in my 20's and enjoyed it, but just tried again recently and couldn't get through it.

The word "pedantic" comes to mind.

[skid]

And that bastion of free enterprise and self reliance Ayn Rand (and husband) was dependent on gov't handouts as she got older. Hypocrite!

[LuckyStrike]

And that bastion of free enterprise and self reliance Ayn Rand (and husband) was dependent on gov't handouts as she got older. Hypocrite!

She was indeed a hypocrite on several levels.

[Gaillo]

And that bastion of free enterprise and self reliance Ayn Rand (and husband) was dependent on gov't handouts as she got older. Hypocrite!

Skid,
Ayn Rand was UNDOUBTABLY a hypocrite when it comes to many things, but taking social security payments was NOT one of them. The money was taken from her and her husband BY FORCE and without recourse by a tyrannical government... I would hope that EVERYONE who has been forced to pay into Social Security takes MAXIMAL benefits possible when it's their time for payback - at least until such socialist BS government programs are eliminated. Ayn Rand had this to say about it:


It is obvious, in such cases, that a man receives his own money which was taken from him by force, directly and specifically, without his consent, against his own choice. Those who advocated such laws are morally guilty, since they assumed the “right” to force employers and unwilling co-workers. But the victims, who opposed such laws, have a clear right to any refund of their own money—and they would not advance the cause of freedom if they left their money, unclaimed, for the benefit of the welfare-state administration.

[Santa]

I think Ayn Rand was one of the main rats who helped eat away the fabric of "social responsibility" in the US
replacing it with "self interest." Self interest sold like Chinese hot cakes.

[skid]

Skid,
Ayn Rand was UNDOUBTABLY a hypocrite when it comes to many things, but taking social security payments was NOT one of them. The money was taken from her and her husband BY FORCE and without recourse by a tyrannical government... I would hope that EVERYONE who has been forced to pay into Social Security takes MAXIMAL benefits possible when it's their time for payback - at least until such socialist BS government programs are eliminated. Ayn Rand had this to say about it:
I'd wager that she took back more then she paid in...

[madfranks]

It was definitely a book which was long for the sake of being long.

Here are my brief thoughts on the book, I'd copy paste it but it has another link to a pretty good article in it too.

http://www.truthinourtime.com/2011/05/my-thoughts-on-atlas-shrugged.html

For what it's worth, I don't agree 100%, but I do find your position intriguing and I enjoy reading your posts.

[Buddha]

I've attempted to read it twice, never finished it. Both times I found my self saying "I get it" then putting it down. Ended up getting 1000 pages in then listening to Galt's speech on youtube, I just couldn't take any more. The beating of a dead horse that is. It has some good parts though, like when Rearden is in court and does not recognize it's authority over him. The book could have easily been cut down by 2/3rds of it's length. The copy I was reading was over 1500 pages.