The entire theme of Atlas shrugged is about how capitalist oligarchs are the critical class desperately needed in the world to make any real progress.

That they should be handed unregulated power because they’ll do more with it than the “workers”.

It’s the polar opposite of what you’re describing as the takeaway, and it’s not even subtle or mysterious about it. It repeats that point ad nauseum from about chapter 2 until the end of the book.

So my question to you would be: are you sure you’re thinking of the correct book? If so, it might be time for you to refresh yourself on it because there’s not another interpretation about the point of it. It’s not a hidden meaning or left up to the reader. It literally beats that into the reader during every capitalistic sychophantish chapter.

A proxy war is different than a hot war on your doorstep.

He should have just said that in his headline

It’s the future we could have had; if line didn’t have to go up.

Develop should be Chaotic Evil.

Alrighty, might give that a try then, thanks!

Make a list. Start with a task you know you can knock out quickly. Add it to the top of the list. Knock out that task. Mark it completed. Use that inertia to do the next task. Stop when you feel better about things.

I finished the first book and it was pretty “meh”.

In what ways does the 2nd book pickup?

Update.

This was a mistake.

Well now I have to check this out.

Updoting for Chronotrigger. Always at the top of my list. Every list.

Except worst lists.

Porn doesn’t cause men to become violent any more than video games do. There’s no study I’m aware of or a direct link to show causation other than the sensationalization of the topic.

This feels like just another excuse to seize control over the levers of privacy the people of a country have access to.

He posted an update:

At this point, I’m half convinced he’s a masterful troll.

He’s from Norway, so being a troll feels on brand.

Mac osx has unix command prompts built in and the ability to containerize out of the gate. Windows requires WSL and a bunch of other shit to achieve a substantially worse effect.

She’s not a good person. Just because she’s been sexually abused by her father (an unfortunate reality for many women throughout history and the world), does not make her redeemable.

She is an awful fucking human being who deserves to be brought to justice, just like the rest of her family.

Idris Elba’s sexy voice?

This was a test. You failed.

And by that, I mean you passed.