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It should say "Ayn Rand's timeless novel of radical self-interest comes to life..."

A real Objectivist would tear up that title sheet and create a bold revision that conformed to no higher standard than their own. Slackers.

The generous offer strikes us as distinctly un-Randian.

Touché. If you're an objectivist and you bought the movie without looking at the cover, that's your own damn fault, innit?

lol

Atlas is quite literally a story about the dangers of self-sacrifice. The error was an unfortunate one and fans of Ayn Rand and Atlas have every right to be upset.

Right, because anything other than being a completely self-absorbed, selfish dickbag is a truly horrific thing.

i'm more depressed and disgusted that they'd be so offended at the mere mention of 'self-sacrifice'

christ

*facepalm*

On the plus side? Atlas Shrugged has given me an absolute gold standard for instantly evaluating people. If anyone reacts to that piece of shite with admiration or attempts to emulate it, I know to AVOID THEM LIKE THE PLAGUE. Society doesn't work if everyone is a monumental self-involved arsehole.

(One of the best things I have ever seen was a 2nd year uni student who argued pro-sexual slavery and objectification of women based on Randian philosophy. EVERY SINGLE STUDENT (most of whom were women) in that class proceeded to then avoid him. In group work, everyone shunned him. When he complained about it, the Lecturer just pointed out that as someone who advocated ideas like that, everyone who shunned him was just acting in their own self-interests. The women because such ideas were actively harmful to them, and the men because, aside from notions of common decency, the women would decide to shun them as well if they were seen to be supporting him. He didn't have a comeback. IT WAS GREAT.)

. . .

Is this the real life?

Eat it, objectivists.

This is beautiful.

Is there anything so noble as being a selfish asshole, whose actions lead to the deaths of millions of innocent people? I think not.

I love the sweet scent of SCHADENFREUDE.

i find it hard to believe anyone would like that movie. i watched the trailer, and above all other things the movie looked painfully boring. i couldn't get angry because i was too busy being bored watching it.

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I've never read any Rand (thank god), but how on Earth does it account for procreation? If everyone's being a self-serving, hedonistic individualist, then people aren't going to be having any children. That would require caring and doing things for things who're not you, natch.

Unless it's a fiendishly sneaky method for making sure anyone who actually buys into this school of thought never has offspring. That'd be an improvement.

Im a libertarian and even I hate atlas shrugged.

I first (tried) to read Atlas Shrugged in high school.

It sucked. Not just in a "it's philosophy is absurd" way but in "holy fuck, woman! pacing look up what it means"

Instead I read Anthem, which is a shameless ripoff of "We"

I tried to read AS to understand Bioshock a little better. Worst week of my life trying to get through that thing.

Atlas LOL'd.

Thought about downloading a copy, but figured I should wait for all of the parts to come out. It's going to be so bad, I just want to get it all over with at once.

Lol. Forever. I wonder if my uncle sent one of those incredulous emails. He actually accused my mother of being a horrible person because she doesn't believe in his Randian crap.

my ex and his less-than-nice wife are obsessed with Ayn Rand (to the point where she has written ~glowing reviews~ of the movie anywhere she can) so it just makes me cackle to see things like this

The irony is inescapable
these four words say it all. fuck ayn rand; what a miserable woman