What Does It Mean to Shrug?--Revisited
Posted by CarolSeer2014 10 years, 8 months ago to Philosophy
Just now reading this thread. I agree completely with khalling and stargeezey. Rand's working title for Atlas Shrugged was "The Strike"--what happens when the "prime movers" had had enough of the looters, those who felt entitled to the fruits of the labor of the producers, without feeling any need to contribute themselves. But I always believed, that once the Social Order, so-called, realized the absurdity of the Marxist slogan "From each according to their ability to each according to their need" the producers would rejoin society, and that for the most part, those who could work would be working.
Ideally, anyway, but human nature being what it is, nothing is ever ideal! I guess at that time in my life, I was still pretty optimistic.
Ideally, anyway, but human nature being what it is, nothing is ever ideal! I guess at that time in my life, I was still pretty optimistic.
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You said you believed that the producers would rejoin society. Then you say nothing is ever ideal, and you were optimistic then.
I think you're correct - producers will rejoin society, when the time is right. Do you not believe that will happen?
This was an extreme example of what happens when we don't respect people's rights. I do not think she was saying it was a good thing but rather a worse case scenario.
It was never meant, IMHO, as a way to put a positive spin on being a disgruntled gov't employee or retiring early because you can't get along with clients and colleagues. In other words, it was a warning, not a call to adopt a victim mentality.