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For 52 years now, Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged has stood alone as the shining example of political allegory. Rand's novel has long been considered to be essential reading for American individualists and advocates of free markets. The American left on the other hand has not had a work of fiction that definitively embodies their worldview. Avatar might just fill that void. While the two stories are powerful, their messages are diametrically opposed.
Rand and Cameron hold up their protagonists as paragons of virtue and rely heavily on archetypes to get their point across....
Avatar: The Atlas Shrugged of the Left
"...I wouldn't say that, the "Single secular guy" may be too busy chasing women and wants the gov't to decide which charity best deserves funding. ..."
Even more reprehensible. He wants the government to forcibly take everyone else's money for causes he never bothered to identify, much less evaluate for worthiness or actual need. This callow individual is able to control the labor of much harder working neighbors in order to feel good about causes he is to lazy to identify.
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"...The bottom line is this, if we as a nation can provide mosquito nets to prevent malaria, then morally we did good. I just would not call the 'Single secular guy' immoral if he is willing to contribute to this cause by...