Atlas Shrugged, Part 2 Chapter 3: White Blackmail
Summary: Rearden sends Lillian off, and then spent the night with Dagny. He returns to find Lillian, who does not want a divorce. Dr. Ferris came to Rearden for his Metal, threatening jail for his crime with Ken Danagger. Eddie Willers tells John Galt about Danagger, who Dagny visits with briefly as he quits. Rearden meets with d’Anconia and learns about Atlas, and the sees the playboy in action.
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Atlas Shrugged was written by Ayn Rand in 1957.
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Atlas Shrugged was written by Ayn Rand in 1957.
My idea for this post is discussed here:
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“Oh!” said Dagny, relieved.
“He came in unannounced and asked to see Mr. Danagger and said that this was an appointment which Mr. Danagger had made with him forty years ago.”
“How old is Mr. Danagger?”
“Fifty-two,” said the secretary. She added reflectively, in the tone of a casual remark, “Mr. Danagger started working at the age of twelve.”
Many of my friends feel the same. Others, far from it. They won't even notice if they are 15 or 30 minutes late. Other cultures are different, routinely postponing "schedules" by an hour or more. I just don't understand that.
“Don’t I have good reason to be?”
“But, after all, I did break one of your laws.”
“Well, what do you think they’re for?”
Dr. Ferris did not notice the sudden look on Rearden’s face, the look of a man hit by the first vision of that which he had sought to see. Dr. Ferris was past the stage of seeing; he was intent upon delivering the last blows to an animal caught in a trap.
“Did you really think that we want those laws to be observed?” said Dr. Ferris. “We want them broken…. There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What’s there is that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt.”