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A review by greden
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
4.0
Ayn Rand in her magnum opus tells the tale of an industrious, competent gang, who is the backbone of a near-future dystopian American society. The country is experiencing a rise in socialist thinking, driven by resentment of the rich. The industrialists are hindered by an increasing amount of government regulations until all the competent people go on strike and hide.
In this brick of a book, she introduces her philosophy Objectivism with the use of a novel, she attempts to establish an atheist philosophy based on rationality which avoids religious dogma and nihilistic relativism. The book advocates a capitalistic free-market, derived naturally from philosophical principles.
The author isn't exploring any ideas with nuance, rather, the story is a medium which to sell you her philosophy by one-dimensional characters. The book is quite polarizing due to its obvious right-wing agenda, regardless, I'd recommend it because it benefitted me by hammering a winner-mentality of self-reliance into my head.
Her philosophy lacks rigor, but that's not the point, it's meant to instill a winner's mindset into the reader, not be academically correct.
Although I think her characters lack nuance, and her politics are oversimplified, I like the intention of the book, it's a great book to take a look at yourself and detox any political views that are rooted in resentment, laziness, and lack of responsibility.
In this brick of a book, she introduces her philosophy Objectivism with the use of a novel, she attempts to establish an atheist philosophy based on rationality which avoids religious dogma and nihilistic relativism. The book advocates a capitalistic free-market, derived naturally from philosophical principles.
The author isn't exploring any ideas with nuance, rather, the story is a medium which to sell you her philosophy by one-dimensional characters. The book is quite polarizing due to its obvious right-wing agenda, regardless, I'd recommend it because it benefitted me by hammering a winner-mentality of self-reliance into my head.
Her philosophy lacks rigor, but that's not the point, it's meant to instill a winner's mindset into the reader, not be academically correct.
Although I think her characters lack nuance, and her politics are oversimplified, I like the intention of the book, it's a great book to take a look at yourself and detox any political views that are rooted in resentment, laziness, and lack of responsibility.