Has anyone seen this series of essays written about Atlas Shrugged? It's mind numbingly irritating the read this unconscious drible. It would be great to argue/comment on all of these!

Posted by AMeador1 8 years, 10 months ago to Ask the Gulch
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Title of these articles: "A Novel for the 1% (March 22, 2013) - Atlas Shrugged is more popular than ever among economic conservatives, precisely because it offers a full-blown defense of rapacious, predatory capitalism in a time of vast inequality." --- It's a chapter by chapter ripping of Objectivism and Atlas Shrugged. Mostly based on lack of understanding of what Objectivism/Atlas Shrugged/Ayn Rand means. This would take a concerted effort by a batch of us to make a dent against these ridiculous articles. Anyone game?
SOURCE URL: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/daylightatheism/series/atlas-shrugged/


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  • Posted by $ winterwind 8 years, 10 months ago
    I "read at" one, skipping here and there - I would say that the author [excretor?] of this junk had not read the book, except that it was extensively quoted.
    If you can round up enough people so that we only have to read and comment on one, I'm in. But no more than that - I want to keep all the brain cells I have left.
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  • Posted by j_IR1776wg 8 years, 10 months ago
    I couldn't find the authors name. However based on this "Atlas Shrugged is more popular than ever among economic conservatives, precisely because it offers a full-blown defense of rapacious, predatory capitalism in a time of vast inequality" it was probably Bertram Scudder since we all know that " predatory capitalism in a time of vast inequality" always leads to an unbalanced economy:-)
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  • Posted by tkstone 8 years, 10 months ago
    I tried to read one, but I fear for my Droid's safety. If any can read AS and have these conclusions there is no hope for them. The same for anyone reading and agreeing with author. Not worth my precious time.
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