The Story of Human Sacrifice

[Griff]

I'd say Rand was more than that Mari. I think it's important that hard working, creative, productive people be seen as heroic. Their productivity is what pays for everything else in our society. Rand was very good at portraying how statism destroys that productivity. Unfortunately, she has followers who take hers as THE voice and don't just take her lesson and move on.

[xoxoxoBruce]

True, Griff. Many years ago, my best friend read Atlas Shrugged and became a complete asshole virtually overnight. It was scary. The last I heard, he's remained so, to this day.

Originally Posted by Griff

I'd say Rand was more than that Mari. I think it's important that hard working, creative, productive people be seen as heroic. Their productivity is what pays for everything else in our society. Rand was very good at portraying how statism destroys that productivity. Unfortunately, she has followers who take hers as THE voice and don't just take her lesson and move on.

I couldn't agree with you more about honoring creative, productive people. I think sometimes its the everyday Joe who sticks with his wife and kids, goes in and does his 8 hours plus who is one of the greatest hero's around. But Rand saw the world in black and white, just as that article described. People were either heroic producers or scumbag parasites - no shades of grey in between. She was as much a casualty of the cold war mentality as anyone. Rand had a certain intelligence to her. In another life she would have made an excellent accountant and never gone anywhere near a typewriter. The world would be a better place if she had gone to business school and kept her odd political beliefs to herself.