bdonnellyI’m 56 years old. Which means I’m about to endure my fourth cycle of twenty-something year old dudes discovering the weight room and Ayn Rand shit like they’ve just unlocked Enlightenment itself and by god I’m fucking so tired of it. And now they have podcasts.
Jennifer@Theblueone LOL. I read Atlas Shrugged when I was in college in the 1980s. I thought it was a good novel. Then I learned some people thought it was a good model for government. As a history major I was like 😆😆😆 Happy that was pre internet and podcasts
troy_friz_zellI read about a third of it in the '80s and just gave up and stopped.
Everything was just so flat. The good guys were super good. The bad guys were super bad.
I need at least some nuance and there just wasn't any. I remember thinking, "this is just bad writing." Nothing I've seen since has changed my opinion.
@troy_frizzell @Theblueone I read it 35 years ago and don't remember it very much. My taste in fiction is very different now and I'm pretty sure I'd hate it if I decided to reread, especially now that i know Republicans see it as some sort of blueprint 🙄