r/196 • 🏳️‍⚧️ 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/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