Atlas may shrug, justice may never be served, all of the structures and institutions around us may fall into disrepair or collapse, and the world may be forcefully locked down, but when we give in to apathy and shrug our shoulders in dejected acceptance and passive participation, we also hand over our own individuality, agency, and freedom. It is then that Atlas shrugs, not once, but twice.
One fateful day in March 2020, the incompetent men shut down the world with lockdowns.
Who is John Galt? Who cares? The incompetent people could stop the motor of the world too.
Atlas shrugs either by disappearing competence or by an overwhelming mass of incompetence too great even for Atlas's broad, strong shoulders.
Lying, in spectacular fashion, is "Masterful" and "Speaking truth to power" only in clown world.
Maybe, in the upcoming election, we will see Kamala Harris decry the Trump vaccine and claim she never took it.
Ayn Rand, on the other hand, fled with her family to Crimea with the White Army.
Atlas may shrug, justice may never be served, all of the structures and institutions around us may fall into disrepair or collapse, and the world may be forcefully locked down, but when we give in to apathy and shrug our shoulders in dejected acceptance and passive participation, we also hand over our own individuality, agency, and freedom.
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