Atlas Shrugged (Centennial Edition) by Ayn Rand
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Book Summary Author: Ayn Rand Edition: Hardcover Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published) Published: 2005-04-21 ISBN: 0525948929 Number of pages: 1192 Publisher: Dutton Adult |
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Book Reviews of the Atlas Shrugged (Centennial Edition)
Customer Review: Illogical utopian garbage.
Summary: 1 Stars
Atlas Shrugged is garbage. It is based on the assumption that only a very few individuals have the ability to lead in the economy, and that if this group were to leave or go on strike, the economy would fall apart. If you believe that assumption, then you are probably a sociopath who doesn't understand the complexities of human nature.
Here is the plot of the book:
Corruption is everywhere. No one wants efficiency because there is no profit in it. The major industry leaders withdraw to their own little secret valley where they create the latest greatest inventions and technological progress without the intrusion of government socialism.
However, the problem is that there is no mention of who is doing the menial tasks that this hidden utopia would require. There is no mention of anyone other than industrial geniuses in this utopia, but if they had to do all the work themselves , their productivity would be dismally low. It is a pretty standard flaw in many utopia novels. Walden 2 at least addressed the issue of how to get people to voluntarily perform menial labor, though its solution is not very convincing.