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The story is not unique but it still holds you attention. The world is becoming more socialized and it is harder for individuals to make an impact without having a multitude of parasites on their back. Some chose to fight, others chose to ignore, some do not have a clue as to what is happening. The world seems to be gearing down is just coincidence or is there some one taking a hand in it. “Who is John Galt?”
I can tell you of my experience with the book. I must have been a late bloomer or just unlucky, because I did not come across "Atlas shrugged" until I was 20 years old. I was in the military and needed some reading material. My younger sister sent me the book. It looks just a little thick to me but I started reading, and reading and reading. I do not know if it was the story or the clarity of thought. Now I saw everything in a new or different light. It felt weird to see the newspapers and politics paralleling the book.
I was in New York (West Point) at the time and three things stood out to this day. The was a public service announcement on the TV "The law says that an apartment owner can not charge more than 30% of what you make" and at the same time the apartment buildings were closing down. The postal carriers went on strike and the military had to deliver the mail. That winter the snowplow drivers went on strike. When the strike was over the snowplows were missing. They found them the next summer in an empty lot.
There is nothing quite as convincing as watching the world and book parallel. I have mellowed out some sense then. However, I really think that this book should be read by high school where it would have maximum impact of one's train of thought.
本書に人気があるのは小説として優れているからではなく、その思想に共鳴した人々が一種のカルトを形成しているからです。ソ連から亡命してきて、ひたすら国の規制を毛嫌いする彼女の思想は、かなりおめでたい自由放任実力主義です。世の中には、生まれつき有能な人と無能な人がいて、世界は有能な人のおかげで動いているんだから、そのエリートたちを(国の規制などで)邪魔してはいけない、というだけの話。本書でも、有能な人は生まれてずっと有能、そうでない人はずっと無能な寄生虫、という描かれ方は一貫しています。
本書を読んで感動し、ランド支持者となる多くの人は、自分こそはこの優秀な側の人間だと思っています。でも実際には、多くの人は自分が思っているほどは有能ではなく、社会的な評価の低さも実は単なる分相応だったりする場合がほとんどです。本書を絶賛する人は、いったい自分がランドの世界でどこに位置づくかをよく考えてみるべきでしょう。
著者のランドも「自分は優越人種なのだから通常のモラルには縛られない」と放言して25歳も年下の(既婚の)愛人を囲い、かれから別れ話を切り出されると逆上して破門など、自分の教えほどは功利主義的には生きられなかったようです。また彼女の死後、その弟子たちは派閥抗争を繰り広げて分裂を繰り返しています。彼女の「教え」は本当にそんなにいいのか? そういうことを考えながら、批判的に読むといいでしょう。
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