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I’m not sure there could be something less like the “shrug” in the book and this comparison to corporate decline. It’s an inversion of quite a bit that was cent

I’m not sure there could be something less like the “shrug” in the book and this comparison to corporate decline. It’s an inversion of quite a bit that was central to the theme. The shrug in the book was people turning their back, walking away— people who thought their talents were either wasted or unequally compensated in some way, or footing an unfair portion of things, and the “shrug” was them walking away. A fundamental individual, not collective and corporate act. The central character felt exploited by the company he worked for. The book has enough problems without also confusing who the author meant when she said “Atlas”. It wasn’t corporations, it was individuals.

roxolotl 11mo ago
You just described a union. One of the things that’s wild to me about the book is that it’s pushed as a proponent of individualism and libertarianism but Gault’s Gulch is just the wealthy unionizing. There’s nothing individualistic about it. If just John Galt had walked away nothing would have happened.
- littlestymaar 11mo ago
  The French translator didn't miss the contradiction and as such in the translated title is «La grève» (“the strike”).
CalChris 11mo ago
> The book has enough problems without also confusing who the author meant when she said “Atlas”. It wasn’t corporations, it was individuals. So you’re saying Rand wouldn’t have been happy with Citizens United. You may want to inform her acolytes like Clarence Thomas.