Rebelión de Atlas | TD

The United States economy is in ruins. Businesses are closing, basic products are impossible to find in stores, and the population is beginning to lose hope of recovering prosperity and autonomy. The government's response is to increasingly ramp up regulations, control over every activity, and collectivism. Atlas Shrugged is a mystery novel, but, as Ayn Rand said, "not about the murder of a man's body, but about the murder, and rebirth, of the human spirit." It is the story of a man who says he will stop the motor of the world, and he does. Is this man a malevolent destroyer or the greatest of liberators? Why must he fight, not against his enemies, but against those who need him most, even against the heroine he loves? The masterpiece of the great defender of reason and individual liberty against the excesses of the State and its authoritarian mentality, in it, Rand exposes how the decline of competition among large corporations, the demoralization among those who should lead economic and creative activity, and the inertia of the common citizen lead to moral and material poverty. A mix of a high-stakes action thriller and a philosophical reflection on the State and the individual, Atlas Shrugged summarizes Ayn Rand's philosophy in a story that masterfully integrates issues related to ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, politics, economics, and sex.