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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-11 08:54 PM
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You know on objectivism. I think when Ayn Rand wrote Atlas Shruged
She got one thing right. You read right...she was just confused as to the real identity of that Atlas. It's waking up. And it is indeed shrugging. No Ain, not the job creators...modern euphemism...the people.
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-11 09:06 PM
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Motown_Johnny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-11 09:16 PM
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2. umm.....

Atlas did not hold up the world on his shoulders, he held up the sky. If he shrugged nobody on earth would notice.

The entire premise is flawed. She got nothing right.




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_(mythology)

^snip^

In Greek mythology, Atlas (English pronunciation: /ˈætləs/, Greek. Ἄτλας) was the primordial Titan who supported the heavens
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-11 09:17 PM
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3. I am using the full analogy
And you and I are that atlas.
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