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gothiclg OP t1_j21jz1b wrote

Reply to comment by fernandodandrea in Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand by gothiclg

Honestly that part was irritating when it was super noticeable. Like guys the dude running your bookstore is important too don’t act like we just need inventors.

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Violet2393 t1_j22znxd wrote

Everyone knows we can't have a transportation system without the VP of operations. All companies would fail without their VPs because they are the only ones that do any work. The trains build, drive and repair themselves, but if you dont have that one person who runs the finances, the whole railroad company, and then after that the whole country will collapse

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2012Aceman t1_j23rclu wrote

And the protagonist, Dagny Taggart, she was a.... VP of operations?

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Violet2393 t1_j24igwr wrote

Yep! ... absolutely essential to the functioning of society. We were basically still apes until we had VPs.

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fernandodandrea t1_j21kwn4 wrote

And workers. And government. I can't obviously believe the interests of the capital are aligned with the interest and we'll being of people. Just watch how people's health became commerce and profit.

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gothiclg OP t1_j21ln33 wrote

It felt like everyone in the story was pretty self obsessed both in and out of the government. Neither should be unchecked

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