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Compare Atlas Shrugged to The Jungle
Posted on 6/30/26 at 4:21 pm
Posted on 6/30/26 at 4:21 pm
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand versus The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. One supports completely unrestrained, capitalism and the other advocates for government protections for food, safety and workers. It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out on this board.
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Posted on 6/30/26 at 4:22 pm to neverputstheseatdown
The capitalism book is better.
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This post was edited on 6/30/26 at 4:23 pm
Posted on 6/30/26 at 4:23 pm to neverputstheseatdown
fricking homework assigning arse
Posted on 6/30/26 at 4:23 pm to neverputstheseatdown
Only read one.
It wasn’t the jungle book.
It wasn’t the jungle book.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 4:23 pm to neverputstheseatdown
Why would this not be on the poli board?
Posted on 6/30/26 at 4:23 pm to Roaad
quote:
Why would this not be on the poli board?
It is now...
Posted on 6/30/26 at 4:24 pm to neverputstheseatdown
The Jungle is socialist slop. Upton Sinclair isn’t anywhere near Ayn Rand intellectually and practically.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 4:26 pm to neverputstheseatdown
I've read both.
Rand does NOT call for unfettered/unrestrained capitalism. She points out the natural result of the unrestrained bureaucratic/regulatory state (which is what Sinclair supported).
Rand does NOT call for unfettered/unrestrained capitalism. She points out the natural result of the unrestrained bureaucratic/regulatory state (which is what Sinclair supported).
Posted on 6/30/26 at 4:26 pm to neverputstheseatdown
The jungle was propaganda
Posted on 6/30/26 at 4:26 pm to neverputstheseatdown
quote:
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand versus The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. One supports completely unrestrained, capitalism and the other advocates for government protections for food, safety and workers. It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out on this board.
Atlas Shrugged goes beyond advocating for unbridled capitalism; it advocates for Objectivism, which not only advocates for no government intervention, but goes further in positing that voluntary charity is evil and immoral. People frequently equate Rand and Objectivism with libertarianism, but it was anything but. She frankly hated libertarians and believed us to be soft hearted, soft headed fools for not buying into her fairly cynical and myopic philosophy.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 4:26 pm to SallysHuman
quote:I read both
Only read one.
It wasn’t the jungle book.
One is about what happens when the productive go on strike, and the parasites are forced to do for themselves
The other is about what happens when Government and Industry conspire to prevent consumers from knowing how the sausage is made, and under what conditions. And asks government to help fix a problem they helped to create.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 4:26 pm to RollTide95
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The Jungle is socialist slop. Upton Sinclair isn’t anywhere near Ayn Rand intellectually and practically.
This is all true.
His prose is still better than Rand's.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 4:27 pm to RummelTiger
My man
Posted on 6/30/26 at 4:28 pm to Joshjrn
I haven't bothered reading the book because by all accounts she's a shite writer.
She was an author and philosopher that never built anything of importance and likewise doesn't understand anything about public policy IMO
She was an author and philosopher that never built anything of importance and likewise doesn't understand anything about public policy IMO
Posted on 6/30/26 at 4:40 pm to Powerman
So your ignorant and don't know. No reason to comment.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 4:41 pm to wareaglepete
Bingo
Posted on 6/30/26 at 4:43 pm to Jbird
Also, I am team Rand.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 4:50 pm to neverputstheseatdown
quote:They obviously are mirror image political classics. I'm an Ayn Rand fan. But a major part of the respective approaches is attributable to societal differences in the half-century separating the two books. Sinclair addressed the robber baron gold-specie era which was worlds apart from the post-WWII society Rand addressed. Had either written their piece in the other's world, it would have fallen flat.
Compare Atlas Shrugged to The Jungle
Posted on 6/30/26 at 4:54 pm to Powerman
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She was an author and philosopher that never built anything of importance and likewise doesn't understand anything about public policy IMO
lol...oh, Powerman...c'mon.
This is silly.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 4:56 pm to neverputstheseatdown
I’m not doing any book reports
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