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The New THOMA$ REPORT on Tuesday, December 29, 2009 7:32:22 PM
This writer gives the best description of how Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged” demonstrated the power of individualism and capitalism I’ve ever seen: “Rand’s protagonists find their virtue in their individuality. Galt, Taggart, and Reardon are all champions of industry, drawing their strength from their dedication to their respective crafts. Each character is an industrial revolutionary of sorts, with their groundbreaking ideas and creations going largely unappreciated in a society that is rapidly collectivizing. Their strict adherence to an individualist moral code drives them to actualize their ambitions in the forms of innovations that improve everyone’s quality of life, despite the collective’s efforts to handcuff them.” And that’s what’s happening today. Many innovators strangling while the collectivists try and “handcuff” them, not realizing that they NEED these people to have anything left to loot. (
Town Hall/Nick Rizzuto)