Atlas Shrugged | Social Concerns
Atlas Shrugged is the culmination of Rand's dramatization of Objectivist themes, particularly in her concern for the exceptional individual and his relationship to society. In her 1964 Playboy interview, Rand declared, "What we have today is not a capitalist society, but a mixed economy — that is, a mixture of freedom and controls, which, by the presently dominant trend, is moving toward dictatorship." In this novel, Rand describes an American society slowly moving toward an authoritarian government. This society is typified by four types of people: John Gait, the producer who creates...
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