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Edit: OK a couple perspectives - she may well be the best author from a literary perspective for many because they often aren't necessarily into fiction. I haven't read any Dostoevsky (or Hugo, for that matter - cited by Rand as a favorite of hers), for example. (So perspective that I'm "well-read" should probably be more "read some interesting things" heh.)

Another one is that very few get to the root of the problem (looters in charge controlling us as slaves) as well as AS does, or favor the individual uncompromisingly so well either - so for many (me, certainly) discovering her stuff is like FINALLY (like put the book down and wander around the house going "YES!"). (The only other I've read who is fairly consistent around liberty is Heinlein - BUT the caveat is I've only read a few of his things. At least he's pretty emphatic about it in "Harsh Mistress" though I wish he could avoid blubbering on the topic of Women.)

This is not to say there aren't tools as cited that read AS (or, likely more typically, know about it) and act like they Understand Everything Now - ironic, right? On one hand yes it concretizes a shit load that's wrong with the Corporate Feudal State (as Devo put it), but on the other hand it's NOT a philosophical textbook so to really get her ideas it's really just the starting point.

Now, I have to disagree on the whole "and also" part. So I get the response, but I'd say look at this in a different way. They are not trying to leave society ultimately. They aren't trying to destroy it, but to save it. Rand observed over and over that capitalism is cooperative, as all human endeavors must be (vs using force with each other). Well, what can you do when all mankind is enslaved by the "elites"/looters? Those who don't produce but only rule and steal? Well you can take them out, if possible (works on small scale, temporarily - see US Rev war for instance). Or you can withdraw your participation in the system. The protagonists of the book see that the business owners, the providers of the ideas and drive for not just their prosperity but the entire system's and its functioning, can strike and force the issue - and note that it does not take long, you say the ending of the book is unsatisfying but they've already basically won.

So, let's consider one example. How many times on here have we seen "quit or let them fire you before taking the vax." What are the consequences of this? Depending on the role, could affect a lot of people. Maybe places go out of business even because of lack of workers. Maybe those that were trying to stay employed and got vaxed end up screwed. And so on. Yet, we saw how quickly it forced the hand of many employers after all.

Now, back to "what can you do" - well another option is of course, if you are in the position to do so, to put a plan in place to root out the problem, worldwide, over decades. In the process it is going to be impossible to save all the normies, and in fact many of them will likely be lost, but does this make the planners evil or the plan bad? After all, THEY didn't start the problem.

I actually see big parallels between the strike in AS and the Plan.

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