• WhatAnOddUsername [any]
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    4 years ago

    Halfway through Atlas Shrugged. I'm afraid it is too late for me. I no longer believe in creating a better world and dismantling unjust hierarchies. I only believe in the transactions of rational self-interested men in a free market. A is A. Help.

    • WhatAnOddUsername [any]
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      4 years ago

      P.S.: I've been brainstorming the funniest ways to adapt Atlas Shrugged into a movie, or at least the ways that would piss off objectivists the most. Two examples I've come up with:

      • An adaptation where every characters' dramatic speeches are immediately deflated by Joss Whedon-style ironic dialogue. E.g. "You say money is the root of all evil. But have you ever asked yourself what is the root of all money?" "Uh, is money gonna be a whole thing with this guy?" "Yeah, it's gonna be a whole thing with this guy."
      • An adaptation where all the good guys are black and all the bad guys are white, and it's a metaphor for how American institutions have systematically sucked wealth out of black communities.