The more you give – the more you get

Atlas Shrugged – Day 056 – pp. 619-628

Dagny’s in awe. And in horror. Horrified awe? Awesome horror?

In any case, I don’t think she still fully gets it. The part about “inaction” actually being action (in this instance.)

She sees things as they are because they (her, Francisco, Hank et al) didn’t work hard enough. Francisco is trying to tell her it’s because they worked too hard. (And didn’t charge enough.)

I think this is where a lot of objection to Rand’s philosophy comes in.   That her idea of “chasing money” is her moral end in itself. It’s not. . .

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