Ayn Rand sees resurgence

[OnePimpTiger]

'Atlas Shrugged' author sees resurgence

In the midst of the credit crisis and the federal government's massive bailout plan, the works of Rand, a proponent of a libertarian, free-market philosophy she called Objectivism, are getting new attention.

"If only 'Atlas' were required reading for every member of Congress and political appointee in the Obama administration. I'm confident that we'd get out of the current financial mess a lot faster," Wall Street Journal columnist Stephen Moore wrote in early January.

It's obviously getting attention from the general public. Rand book sales are "going through the roof," said Yaron Brook, the president of the Ayn Rand Institute. According to Brook, "Atlas Shrugged," her most famous novel, has sold more copies in the first four months of 2009 than it did for all of 2008 -- and in 2008, it sold 200,000 copies. It's been in Amazon.com's top 50 for more than a month.

A lot of people, myself included, are seeing scary parallels between Atlas Shrugged and what's happening today.

By the way, if you haven't read it, you should. Yes it's long, yes it's a difficult read, but it's soooo worth it.

[gatorboymike]

Here's my favorite Ayn Rand quote:

"In any compromise between food and poison, it is only death that can occur. In any compromise between good and evil, only evil stands to profit."