Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Ayn Says....

I've been reading "Atlas Shrugged." My thoughts 200 pages into is that Ayn Rand put her characters in a vacuum. She seemed to not understand that everything is subjective and that nothing is objective. Not even the color blue.

So, according to her theory, as I understand it, anyone who wants to obtain as much as he wants should use whatever method he wants, without worry of consequence. Well, then what about the person who doesn't want much? Doesn't that person have the right, nay, the responsibility, to work just hard enough to stay employed and support an austere lifestyle? The person who wants five children by four men should have them. And if it's to her benefit that the population at large pay for the rearing of those children, including their food and shelter, then more power to her. Isn't that Ayn Rand's theory at its essence? Just like Digital Underground said, "Do Whatcha Like".