It most certainly is not.

You’re missing the point of Atlas Shrugged by boiling it down to “capitalists shouldn’t be subject to government.” That’s a shallow take. The novel isn’t anti-government; it’s anti-looting, anti-coercion, and anti-mediocrity enforced by bureaucracy. Rand’s argument is that the mind, the individual, the creator, is the engine of progress, and when that engine is shackled by systems that reward need over merit, collapse follows.

It’s not about capitalists dodging laws. It’s about a system where laws are written to punish competence and reward political pull. Rand isn’t saying we don’t need government. She’s saying we need a government that protects individual rights, not one that redistributes or controls outcomes.

So no, it’s not “literally about capitalists avoiding government.” It’s about the morality of freedom, the sanctity of production, and what happens when we demonize the very people who keep the world running. Read deeper. Or read it at all because I doubt you have otherwise you wouldn’t say something so daft.