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Just finished reading this classic by Ayn Rand. I enjoyed it even though some parts were tedious (especially some of the longer diatribes) and most of the "irrational" characters were absurdly so. Reminds me of some of Robert Heinlein's books in it's attitude toward BIG government.
The main point I took away was why Capitalism works better than Communism. A system that plays toward self interests reflects the reality of being human. Our efforts must benefit ourselves or we have no incentive to "put forth the effort." Capitalism works when mutual benefit occurs or as the book puts it, "when value is exchanged for value."
The book makes lots of points about ideas discussed on this forum. It's definitely worth the read whether you agree with the severe rational/logic views of the book or not.
Anyone else out there read it?
PM1K
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