Like others, I read Atlas Shrugged about 100 years ago, and then again about 15 years ago. It's an intricate novel and provocative treatice in one. So, while long, it needs careful reading lest subtleties are lost.
Thought it was one of the best books I ever read, though some of her views are quite extreme and simplistic. For example, the book amplifies her belief in selfishness as the ultimate virtue and altruism as irrational.
The notion that conservatives would like her and liberals not-- I dunno about that. Her objectivism cut both ways. Yes, she was the ultimate Laissez faire capitalist and rugged individualist who favored minimal government. She was also an atheist and was pro choice.
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