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Atlas Shrugged (historical context) (view source)
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This shows that Ayn Rand admired, not the United States as it actually was, but the United States as it might be and, in her view, ought to be. Barbara Branden (''The Passion of Ayn Rand'') provided further evidence, in the form of an outline for a short story, which Rand never published, that clearly presaged ''Atlas Shrugged''. In this story, the “flame-spotter” of the great strike is not a man, but a woman, and the site of her strike, or rather defection, is continental [[Europe]]. This woman entices the great minds of Europe to a secret location, from which she proposes to embark to the United States, the last refuge for the creative.
This shows that Ayn Rand admired, not the United States as it actually was, but the United States as it might be and, in her view, ought to be. Barbara Branden (''The Passion of Ayn Rand'') provided further evidence, in the form of an outline for a short story, which Rand never published, that clearly presaged ''Atlas Shrugged''. In this story, the “flame-spotter” of the great strike is not a man, but a woman, and the site of her strike, or rather defection, is continental [[Europe]]. This woman entices the great minds of Europe to a secret location, from which she proposes to embark to the United States, the last refuge for the creative.
By the time she wrote ''Atlas Shrugged'', Rand was disillusioned with the United States, but not entirely. She refused to conceive that such venal villains as she created would ever carry titles like “President,” “Senator,” or “Representative.” Thus she substituted the generic titles “Head of State” and “Legislator.”
By the time she wrote ''Atlas Shrugged'', Rand was disillusioned with the United States, but not entirely. She refused to conceive that such venal villains as she created would ever carry titles like “President,” “Senator,” or “Representative.” Thus she substituted the generic titles “Head of State” and “Legislator.” Future events would, of course, prove her sadly, even shockingly, mistaken.
=== Political changes ===
=== Political changes ===