Its both! The writer and critic Gore Vidal characterized the philosophy of Ayn Rand as nearly perfect in its immorality and a number of critics described Atlas Shrugged (the novel) as a narrative driven by hate. But my take on the book, as well as the movies it spawned, is just the opposite. For all the contempt that Rand (and Galt and Ryan) aim at the government, the predominant emotion they express is one of unbridled self-love. Rand herself was a kind of golem of narcissistic excess, a woman with delusions of grandeur. And she tapped into the crushing insecurity of the wealthy, the manner in which they must constantly remind themselves how much they deserve their privilege.
Posted on: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 06:00:15 +0000
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