I highly recommend everyone read this book! I read the book 20 years ago, I am an avid reader and this is certainly in my top 5. I love this book and have found that I identify many of my personal philosophies with those in the story. I guess at the time I read it was pre-internet and I have only recently started noticing all the hype. I like the idea of the morality of rational self-interest. I looked the book up on wikipedia today and really like the quote ” you are inferior and all of the improvements in your conditions which you simply take for granted you owe to the effects of men who are better than you.”
I watch the Daily Show with John Stewart and saw a blurb last week that lululemon was having a bag that read “Who is John Galt”. I thought it was one of Stewart’s absurd jokes. However, it has proven true. Much controversy including the likes of “lululemon is a yoga clothing company and this philosophy goes against the basic tenants of yoga, they should have a quote from the occupy folks”. People are so stupid, so I went to the lululemon website this morning and purchased myself several hundred dollars worth of workout gear.
My husband can’t understand my thought process, I am currently boycotting Nike for resigning Michael Vick and was previously not that big a fan of lululemon. I hope they do not fold to the pressure of the ignorant masses who have never read the book, but think they know what it is about. I am buying him a copy of Atlas Shrugged for Christmas, it is highly unlikely he will ever read it, but maybe I will read it again and see if it is as moving to me a 2nd time around.
