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APOCALYPSEFUCKisShostikovitch says

Rand could have made the point more dramatically with a story of a brilliant physicist taking a break for lunch and being told pepperoni is only available after 5 PM, then in a fit of righteous rage, inventing a bomb to blow up the sun to punish a world that ruins his lunch and building a hut on the moon to watch all the assholes freeze the fuck to death.

That sounds more like Asimov's style.

Solaria describes perfectly the fate of Galt's Gulch after a few thousand years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solaria

indigenous says

Do you know what a metaphor is?

Yes.

Roarke was contracted to design a building. Changes were made to his plan. He then had a temper tantrum that is wasn't exactly the way he wanted it.

Let me know what I got wrong.

thunderlips11 says

ndigenous says

Do you know what a metaphor is?

Yes.

Roarke was contracted to design a building. Changes were made to his plan. To then blow up the finished product is called a "Temper Tantrum".

Let me know what I got wrong.

In your first rendition where you stated : "Tough shit for him, he got paid."

He did not get paid, you realized this so deleted it in this post.

What is a metaphor?

indigenous says

In your first rendition where you stated : "Tough shit for him, he got paid."

He did not get paid, you realized this so deleted it in this post.

What is a metaphor?

It's true that I modified the post based on what I remember (20+ years ago) from reading the book.

Conceding that, my core point about toddler-esque behavior still stands:

An electrician friend agrees to design a recessed lighting system for me, as long as I go with his design. About halfway to completion, I make modifications. Can he then barge into my home and rip out the entire finished project because I deviated from his design?

It would still be a temper tantrum on his part.

thunderlips11 says

Conceding that, my core point about toddler-esque behavior still stands:

What is a metaphor?

indigenous says

What is a metaphor?

Who is John Galt? :)

That movie was the absolute worst. I can still taste the vomit, and I only watched part of it. I only hope it's my own vomit.

jazz music says

Daily Koz has a great write up on Ayn Rand that sets aside the hypocrisy to
focus instead on the failed ideology.

How can it be a failed ideology when nobody has ever really tried it because of the stupidity of it?

And, that ideology has certain knowns or elements that are beneficial here in the US, if it does fail. Just like her fall-back position of SS and Medicare that she came to rely on.

A high-wire act with a big net isn't a show of skill or bravery.