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[recalcitrantum]

I'm reading Atlas Shrugged right now, and I am very glad I have a friend I can discuss it with because I'd be full to bursting if I couldn't.

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[masked_huzzah]

I enjoyed the book, and support it's ideals, but also know that realistically they can't be applied in society as we have it now. It's kind of depressing.

[dch4]

That's one of the big things most people forget about philosophy. They're good core guiding principles and they often work wonderful on a small scale (for instance, Communism works great on something like a hippy commune, but falls apart at larger levels). Randian Objectivism is the same way.

The majority of the world, however, is closer to the Jim Taggart/Wesley Mooch side of the scale than to the Galt/D'Anconia/Rearden side.

[your_lifeis_now]

I've read it a couple of times!