I’m really starting to enjoy the story of Atlas Shrugged
after the part I just finished reading. When Jeff Allen told the story of John
Galt I knew that early on in the final part of the book we would finally get to
meet him. The system that Jeff Allen describes in the Twentieth Century Motor
Company is very interesting. It seems to me very similar to a communist-type
system in which everyone must work equally hard. However, this means that
someone who is smarter or stronger needs to do more work simply because they
are better. This is not fair because the point is that everyone does the same
amount of work—not the same percentage of work. Also, these men were sure to
lose all their incentive. Why work if everyone is benefiting the same no matter
how hard each individual works? It makes sense that all the men lost their
dignity and tried to hide their strength or wit, so that they wouldn’t have to
do extra work.
When I found out John Galt is the man staring back at Dagny
after her plane accident, I was overjoyed. I had been waiting so long to
finally meet him and this was the perfect time. However, the next chapter is
too fantasized. A mountain with a screen to hide it from the rest of the world
with everyone living in harmony? Sounds a little too much like Neverland to me.
Finally, I enjoyed the reference John makes to the title of the book when he
explains to Dagny that those who go on strike are those who “bear the world on
their shoulders”—much like Atlas.
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