Thus creating the dystopian mess that Ayn Rand depicts so vividly in Atlas Shrugged. In essence, they stop working altogether in protest against the looting.Īs the strike continues to escalate, more and more of society collapses. It follows the story of Dagny Taggart, as she struggles against “looters” (socialists) that seek to control all businesses and take all of their output in the name of the public good.Īs the story progresses, more and more of the prime businessmen and women that created the well-functioning society just give up. It highlights a well-functioning, self-sufficient country (USA) that later turns into a collectivist hellhole. It is your classic dystopian novel (my favorite genre, if you haven’t caught on by all my other reviews). Atlas Shrugged is Ayn Rand’s magnum opus.
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