• • • Ayn Rand’s message of individualism resonates in these troubling times 
Tommy Zimmer, The Varsity News (U of Detroit) Atlas Shrugged movie  |Atlas Shrugged  |Individualism  |Personal life  | Atlas is a particularly potent concept in dangerous times like those we are living in now. We live in a time where more and more we see the increase in terrors across the ocean from people who hate us and do not care about the preservation of our humanity. However, we also see terrors at home that are threatening our liberties and rights as citizens of the United States. At the same time, the United States government is trying to accumulate as much debt as it can while the Federal Reserve tries to buy up more of the mortgage-backed securities and sub-prime mortgages that were laid onto the financial securities market by American banks while spending more on every bill a member of Congress supports. There was a prominent 20th century author and philosopher named Ayn Rand who spoke to these situations, which are reflected in her novel “Atlas Shrugged.”   Published: 2012-10-16