It’s an atheist philosophy.” These days, he said in the interview, he favors Thomas Aquinas over Rand. He said that he had made “Atlas Shrugged” required reading for his staff, and that he still liked to check his “premises” against passages from the book to be sure “that what I’m believing and doing and advancing are square with the key principles of individualism.” Lately, because Rand didn’t believe in God and because “Atlas Shrugged” celebrates an adulterous relationship between two of its main characters, Ryan has distanced himself from his former remarks, telling the National Review recently, “I reject her philosophy. In a 2005 speech, Ryan cited Ayn Rand as a key reason he went into politics.
It turns out they have all departed for “Galt’s Gulch,” a secret and parallel society formed to show an increasingly government-dominated America how much it needs pure capitalism and the men and women who drive it. In the novel, many of the nation’s most brilliant and innovative entrepreneurs and business leaders have disappeared, leaving the nation in chaos. Its critics dismiss it as heartless, simplistic and elitist.
Its fans - including, until recently, vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan - applaud the book’s celebration of rugged individualism and no-holds-barred capitalism.
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