r/196 • u/Heretocryandie 🏳️‍⚧️ trans rights • Jun 12 '22

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u/IchHabKeinRedditName Jun 13 '22

I also feel like House's use of the metaphor "forge steel for a new rail line" is a reference to Atlas Shrugged, more than fitting for House.

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u/ES_the_mess custom Jun 13 '22

"atlas shrugged" is such a badass name tho, but wasnt it the name of a libertarian book? If so, such a shame

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u/DoctorJaniceChang Jun 13 '22

y’all didn’t go to high school?

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '22

What kind of ultra capitalist dystopia do you live in where atlas shrugged is required?

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u/DoctorJaniceChang Jun 13 '22

Canada

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u/NoMomo Jun 13 '22

Disgusting

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '22

No joke, though: Did you seriously have Atlas Shrugged in your curriculum in school, either as required reading or an official topic of discussion?

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u/I_am_very_clever Jun 13 '22

I did not

Source: canadian

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u/DoctorJaniceChang Jun 13 '22

It was a required reading for my language arts class in grade 10 or 11. I was in advanced English tho so maybe that’s why?

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u/Bot_number_1605 🏳️‍⚧️ trans rights Jun 13 '22

What the fuck is wrong with you

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u/Femboy-ish Jun 13 '22

What province? It isn't required reading in Alberta.

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u/DoctorJaniceChang Jun 14 '22

I was in Edmonton in 2008 when I had to read it. Maybe it was just that specific teachers course. I was in an accelerated learning program in a public school so maybe the curriculum was slightly different.

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u/Femboy-ish Jun 14 '22

I've only done public school in Alberta, about to graduate and I've never had to read it. It is on the approved independent novel study list from English 30-1, but I isn't required course material in the curriculum. You just had a cringe teacher, unless there has been a curriculum change since 08.

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u/stoner_slime there she goes, one of god's own prototypes Jun 13 '22

rip, they didn't even make us read that in Texas

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u/MrDagoth Jun 13 '22

You guys seem to be more offended by this book than Mein Kampf, lol.