Chris Kluwe - The NFL player's take on Rand and Atlas
Posted by ajp 11 years, 6 months ago to Entertainment
This is my first post, but my boss brought this article to my attention and I found it very compelling. So, I wanted to put it out in the community and see what everyone has to say. According to Kluwe, John Galt is "a remorseless shark feeding on those unable to get out of his way..." - my reaction (aside from being amazed an NFL player can string together a coherent sentence, let alone write an entire book [I hope he thanked his editor]) is that Kluwe was raised to be the ultimate team player. He makes a living being a part of a team and has had it beaten in to him from youth that no one person is or can be the star on the field (even though MVPs are named after every season). Kluwe not only missed the entire point of Rand's novel - recognizing and fulfilling YOUR best work should not be a deterrent for your neighbor to do the same but should rather encourage others to follow suit in pursuing their own passions and best self-interest - but he rankly spreads his misguided malcontent to the susceptible masses who consume anything, no matter if it's based in truth or (in this instance) on an ignorant fallacy. So, those were my thoughts. I'd love to hear yours. And I'd REALLY love to see intelligent comments left on all the news articles who've picked this story up - so far, it's just dribble....
If so, they have not read or understood the book
At most they scanned it and read their own viewers into it.
A hit-piece from he useful idiot celebrity wing of the Ruling Class posted on a media mouthpiece web-rag of the Ruling Class.
Why bother refuting an idea which is not gaining traction?
A hat-tip to all the Marxists at Salon!
Many thanks, and keep 'em comin'!