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From: mms1646@acf4.UUCP (Michael M. Sykora)
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Subject: Re: ATLAS SHRUGGED by Ayn Rand
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Date: Mon, 24-Jun-85 17:57:00 EDT
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>/* michaelk@azure.UUCP (Michael Kersenbrock) /  3:23 am  Jun 21, 1985 */

>Further, she basically pushes the idea of capitalism in it's purest
>sense.  She puts it up as the ideal that society should organize
>and strive for.

This appears to be in contradiction with her contention that society knows
what's best for one, i.e., by the same reasoning, neither does Rand.

>She is more "American" than Americans (you know what I mean!). 

Do you mean she is anti-intellectual, as Americans seem to be in comparison
with Europeans.  I doubt it.  I don't know why Rand was always harping
on that AMERICAN nonsense (perhaps because she was an immigrant).  I think
it only served to confuse and disillusion readers.

>I would like to get hold of a hard-bound copy.

Laizzez Faire Books in New York has it in a special edition (collector's
item or some such ...).  I'm sure they have a plain hardcover (and less
costly) edition as well.  If you want more info, let me know.

>Mike Kersenbrock

						Mike Sykora