In the 2016 oil crisis, the family heritage company Taggart Railway Company, the current president is the eldest son of the family, James Taggart, and the vice president is Dagny Taggart. , James just verbally slammed some investments in the Mexico-San Sebastian branch that had not been evaluated in detail, but did not propose the slightest planning and execution plan, and often viewed things and slandered others with a sour grape mentality that could not see the success of others, He believes that the core of all industries is not in the economic field, but in the political field, trying to get the government to pass various restrictive and anti-rival bills to win the development of his company; Dagny is a doer, working with important aide Eddie. Willers works hard to turn the situation around. In order to successfully complete the railway branch line in Rio Notte, she finds Hank Reardon to cooperate and uses Reardon metal, a new alloy invented by Reardon, as the rail. The National Institute of Science issued a statement admonishing people to resist the use of Reardon metal, and Parliament passed the Equal Opportunity Act to limit one company per person. Reardon had to transfer the Reardon Mining Company, Reardon Coal Company, Reardon Foundry Company, and Reardon Production Company under his own name to others. Government hurdles haven't stopped the train's successful debut on the new track. But the misfortune did not end. Many outstanding talents disappeared inexplicably, including Dagny's excellent subordinates and the boss of the Rio Norte railway branch. "Who is John Galt?" becomes a mystery that Dagny cannot decipher. "I work for a scientific research center and we rely on public funds. What am I sacrificing? Great finance or the future of the institute?" Pay employees based on their needs, not their contributions. Why do these stupid altruistic behaviors occur? It's neither benevolent nor fair. After a while, it's no surprise that the smartest managers and better employees leave The company. Hundreds of employees who stayed behind couldn't run it, service levels fell, the quality of products it once was proud of was gone, the company went downhill and eventually went out of business." "As the new coordinator of the Economic Planning and National Resources Agency, I have issued a set of directives: I have issued a temporary ban on all main railway lines, in addition all steel plants under my leadership must be equal in level and output, And then it's distributed according to people's needs, not only that, big corporations will no longer be allowed to leave their current state and move to a richer state like Colorado. Finally, to equalize the national economy, a federal tax It's going to be implemented in Colorado." "My name is John Galt, and I live in Atlantis, and I think you're a good fit there. That's where heroes and would-be heroes live, where we The government sees each of us as independent individuals and makers, in fact there is not much concept of government there except for a few courthouses. Bottom line, if you are tired of governments that impose restrictions on your power, if you have now Ready to go back to the moral bottom line of your own life, then we should go. We will take you to Atlantis." In the film, the government adopts a series of measures to implement a planned economy to narrow the gap between the rich and the poor and achieve a balanced wealth. Effect. However, this will undoubtedly seriously dampen the entrepreneurial and enterprising enthusiasm of social elites, thereby hindering social progress. The bad idea of motorcycle companies in the 20th century is similar to communism. People are distributed according to needs rather than contributions, but people's needs will expand infinitely. As a result, the elites have also left and the company has collapsed. Therefore, those creators of wealth, inventors of technology, and leaders of enterprises did not want to be exploited and chose to strike, and followed John Galt to another place - Atlas. Perhaps the socialist market economy is the right way. While ensuring that marketization mobilizes people's enthusiasm for work, the government's underpinning guarantees (including education, medical care, public services, etc.) are used to protect vulnerable groups. After all, society does not need lazy people. PS: "Atlas Shrugged" is the representative masterpiece of the famous American philosopher and novelist Ayn Rand in the last century. The Russian-American novelist respects reason and believes that the highest virtue of man is reason. She disregarded the prejudice of traditional public opinion, advocated individualism, and believed that a society that could not maximize personal interests was not an ideal society. Her objectivist philosophy has swept American campuses since the 1950s, influencing generations of Americans, and she herself has become an idol worshipped by American youth. "Atlas Shrugged" is her most famous novel, which had a huge impact on American society. The book promotes the idea of the supremacy of money and explores the morality of rational egoism. It was just published in 1957 and was criticized by the society, but it was extremely popular. Its sales volume in the United States was second only to the Bible, and it influenced many intellectuals in the society at that time, and even became a must-read extracurricular book for American students.
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