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I am currently reading Atlas Shrugged and am of the opinion that it can be used as a torture device in two ways. One, by hitting people over the head with this massive tome. Second, by making people read it.
It is the most shallow, vapid, boring book I have ever read. And that's saying a lot.
Ayn Rand seemed to be of the opinion of, "Why say something in one paragraph that you can say in 300 pages?" It's like, hey, I get it. I got it 299 pages ago.
But if you want to brainwash someone, you have to repeat your single point over and over and over and over and over. Like a hammer.
I think the only people who could possibly be "inspired" by Rand's simplistic Objectivist philosophy would be Libertarians.
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