Tag: Atlas Shrugged

Atlas Shrugged: The Ayn Rand prophesy of the rise of Donald Trump

by David Leach • May 19, 2025

Ayn Rand Donald Trump command economy tariffs trade wars

Donald Trump is using tariffs and trade wars to build an economy much like the one Ayn Rand warned us about in her book, Atlas Shrugged. If you’re a regular reader and/or listener of The Strident Conservative, you know that…

Washington using 1984 and Atlas Shrugged as instruction manuals to build command economy

by David Leach • December 3, 2018

If you’re a regular reader and/or listener of The Strident Conservative, you know that I occasionally refer to George Orwell and his novel 1984 to describe much of what is happening in America today. In fact, I recently shared a…

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