freedom will win

government parasites must be destroyed. taxation without consent is SLAVERY! The 19th amendment ushered in the most murderous century in human history.

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Well narrated

I read this book in the seventies. Enjoyed listening to it again. Very well narrated!

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great roundabout argument against serfdom

this book is among her greatest and uses a story about a female industrialist trying futilely to hold together a world where those with ability are exploited by a parasitic bureaucratic class without ability and the stolen benefits thrown to ever expanding hordes of the needy. if only need is rewarded, would not the sensible realize that to be needy is better than to be able? eventually, the able go on strike - they refuse to keep wasting their life and health holding up the rest of a society that despises them for their competence even as it is dependent on them. the world collapses but with some hope of a rebirth.

one does not need to agree with all her points to appreciate the book for what it is.

there seems to be several reasons people would dislike this book:
1) they are looking for a good story with believable characters. as Rand has explained elsewhere, her stories are meant to be a sort of parable to explain ideas rather than to be taken literally.
2) they hate Ayn Rand. it is a fashion requirement in certain circles to hate Rand. you don't need to actually read her if this is you: most in those circles never have but just act as if they had any idea what she was talking about. it's a bit like that Ayatollah putting a price on Rushdie's head without even reading the offending book. I do wonder if people would hate her so much if she wasn't that rare woman who dared to dabble in the manly world of philosophy. or if her real name wasn't Alisa Rosenbaum.
3) they recognize themselves in the bureaucratic parasite or helpless looter classes from the book. these people would likely fall into group 2 anyway.
4) they don't share and can't ignore Rand's somewhat Dom-Sub preferences in sex. although there is no graphic detail, considering when the book was published, it will be a distraction to those of use who are particularly sensitized to even symbolic or consentual violence in sex. one can skip them as they are brief and add nothing really to the story.

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Very nice. more than 60 y.o. Still valuable.

The concepts of this has to be taught at schools. Didn't know, btw, that Bioshock video game was based on ideas of Ayn Rand, the author of this book.

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Uplifting

I loved that man left alone to prosper is earth’s only hope. Brilliant literary work.

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Would recommend

Loved it. Well written and very well narrated. A good parallel to our world today

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1st Read of Rand material

A thought-provoking novel pitting a simplistic communist/socialist view of desolation vs the equally simplistic view of capitalism as pure good. Rand ignores the social responsibility required of corporations to keep its "market" of consumers healthy in any way and trumpets government as the enemy of the people. A good story and useful fodder for those who believe looking out only for oneself is the only way to look out for all.

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Well narrated very enjoyable to listen too.

I have read Atlas Shrugged a few times in the past, and love the novel; so my review is about the narrator. The reading was seamless, clear and easy to follow; nothing to complicate or distract from the words on the page. Very good job on narrating a dense novel.

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Great Performance

The narrator was amazing for this version of the book. Kept me wanting to hear more.
Great story - got me “thinking” for sure!

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The embodiment of mediocrity

To understand the book you have to understand it’s author Ayn Rand who was born into a failed Russian government in the early 1900’s. The book itself is her philosophy of “Objectivism” the idea that morality is contained within one’s own pursuit of happiness, in essence it’s a long winded jerk off piece for capitalism. The characters and their actions are askew in such a way as to push her philosophy.

Ayn Rand may actually be the original neck beard.

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