In news to quicken the heart of, oh, about 6 Australians who post or comment at Catallaxy, I see that the third instalment of Atlas Shrugged has opened in America. The reviews are not positive.
Here's Variety:
That must be the fault of those damn freedom-hating socialists, or
perhaps it’s due to the fact that so few of the Tea Party types the
series’ producers
once hoped would queue up are, er, the literate sort. Or maybe it’s
just that the prior installments weren’t very good movies, and it should
surprise few that this last one is the worst of the lot.
Amusingly, I see it features a couple of cameos:
(Prominent conservative pundit types including Grover Norquist and Sean
Hannity duly make cameo appearances as themselves here to further the
cause.)
And someone gives us a
synopsis of the story:
For the blessedly uninitiated, Rand’s 1,168-page novel is the favorite
book of many young sociopaths you meet in business schools. Published in
1957, Atlas Shrugged posits a hysterically overwrought
nightmare dystopia in which government regulation has crippled the
economy. Shadowy politicians conspire with corrupt union leaders to
bleed corporations of their precious profits, with “parasites,”
“looters,” and “moochers” living off the hard-earned wealth of the noble
1%. In this time of crisis, America’s captains of industry have had it
up to here with poisonous concepts like “charity” and “altruism.”
Inspired by a mysterious figure named John Galt, they sabotage their
companies, trashing the country’s infrastructure before disappearing
altogether. Basically, it’s all about a bunch of rich crybabies who
don’t want to share their toys so they break them and go home.
2 comments:
Amazingly, Rand was a big "parasite and looter" herself, living on benefits for a number of years in later life.
Under her married name, of course.
Wouldn't want her readers to know, now, would she?
Some people are silly enough to think Rand knew what she was on about.
http://aattp.org/galts-gulch-ayn-rands-libertarian-utopia-implodes-almost-instantly-after-launching/
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