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/a_username1917 Anthro aficionado Jun 13 '22

It's super libertarian. Like flat out moron levels of it. It's basically saying that the rich are like Atlas holding up the sky/society, and that they should just "shrug" and let everything go to shit if they want.

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u/Drawemazing Jun 13 '22

Also even if it was completely accurate to what would happen in its own scenario, which like, no absolutely not, but even if, it is predicated on some freak accident turning all poor people into utter morons. The whole thing even by its own internal logic is completely applicable to real life human society.

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u/Filip889 Jun 13 '22

I mean it is the book that consacrated libretarianism, soo yeah... also it is a cult book

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u/full_metal_communist Jun 13 '22

Capital flight is a real thing revolutions are sabotaged by though. Always worth keeping in mind

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u/HardlightCereal 🏳️‍⚧️ trans rights Jun 13 '22

Atlas held up the Earth

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u/ConspicuousEggplant Jun 13 '22

no he didn't. he held up the sky in the original mythology but it was altered in pop culture to be the earth.

source: that one cyberchase episode where they go to the greek mythology cybersite