[Publius]

FReeper Book Club

Atlas Shrugged

Part III: A is A

Chapter VII: “This is John Galt Speaking”

Ping! The thread is up.

I’ll be spending most of Saturday (7/18) out of contact, so Billthedrill will be monitoring this thread for most of the day.

Prior threads:
FReeper Book Club: Introduction to Atlas Shrugged
Part I, Chapter I: The Theme
Part I, Chapter II: The Chain
Part I, Chapter III: The Top and the Bottom
Part I, Chapter IV: The Immovable Movers
Part I, Chapter V: The Climax of the d’Anconias
Part I, Chapter VI: The Non-Commercial
Part I, Chapter VII: The Exploiters and the Exploited
Part I, Chapter VIII: The John Galt Line
Part I, Chapter IX: The Sacred and the Profane
Part I, Chapter X: Wyatt’s Torch
Part II, Chapter I: The Man Who Belonged on Earth
Part II, Chapter II: The Aristocracy of Pull
Part II, Chapter III: White Blackmail
Part II, Chapter IV: The Sanction of the Victim
Part II, Chapter V: Account Overdrawn
Part II, Chapter VI: Miracle Metal
Part II, Chapter VII: The Moratorium on Brains
Part II, Chapter VIII: By Our Love
Part II, Chapter IX: The Face Without Pain or Fear or Guilt
Part II, Chapter X: The Sign of the Dollar
Part III, Chapter I: Atlantis
Part III, Chapter II: The Utopia of Greed
Part III, Chapter III: Anti-Greed
Part III, Chapter IV: Anti-Life
Part III, Chapter V: Their Brothers’ Keepers
Part III, Chapter VI: The Concerto of Deliverance

[ozark hilljilly]

so it is under socialism – the individual does not die, he simply becomes crippled, paranoid, petty, and eventually destructive of everyone’s interests including his own. He does not die; he simply turns into something contemptible.

I'm kinda getting that vibe nowadays. Especially my own self! Very sad.

Frankly, I would have tuned out to the speech if it was presented in such a lofty manner. The folks rioting and lynching tax collectors wouldn't have gave it a listen, either, I think. John Galt was too hip for the room, as they say. But for the sake of the story the speech struck a chord with whom it needed to.(Of course, if Galt had a wonderful and compelling speaking voice, then one might stay tuned.)

As I understand it, this speech was/is the reason the book was never made into a film. Rand insisted that the speech remain INTACT if a movie was ever made. Holy Crap, that would have meant a run time of what? 12 hours for the flick? ; )

[TASMANIANRED]

One hates to bring up a religious analogy with Rand being such an ardent atheist.

There was a reason that the Jews wandered in the desert for 40 years...Those that remembered the slavery experience with fondness had to go.

Same thing here with Galt.. They can't really come back until every leech that is standing with their hand out wanting the food out of your mouth has to go.

Makes me concerned for our own culture..There are more folks looking for a hand out than there are hands producing to feed them..

Our society will never recover until there are fewer..