Ayn Rand didn't write novels about homesteading- none of the characters in her books are self sufficient.
I don't think that participation in society as it exists should prevent anybody from holding their philosophy of choice.
I don't think that participation in society as it exists should prevent anybody from holding their philosophy of choice.
Galt's Gulch seems to fit that description.
>none of the characters in her books are self sufficient.
I think they were in the sense that they, within the fiction of the books, had irreplaceable economic skills that made them fortunes. They were (again just in the logic of the books), more than pulling their weight.
Doesn't mean I agree with it as a system but I can see the internal consistency in this respect at least.
“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."