Here Is the Answer of “When”

The conductor stood by the rear end of the Comet. He looked at the light of the tunnel, then at the long chain of the Comet’s windows. A few windows were lighted, but most of them showed only the feeble blue glow of night lamps edging the lowered blinds. He thought that he should rouse the passengers and warn them. There had been a time when he placed the safety of the passengers above his own, not by reason of love for his fellow men, but because that responsibility was part of his job, which he accepted and felt pride in fulfilling. Now, he felt a contemptuous indifference and no desire to save them. They had asked for and accepted Directive 10-289, he thought they went on living and daily turning away in evasion from the kind of verdicts that the Unification Board would convict him for disobeying order, for creating a panic, for delaying Mr. Chalmers. He had no desire to be a martyr for the delaying for the sake of allowing people safely to indulge in their own irresponsible evil.

Atlas Shrugged – Ayn Rand

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Atlas Shrugged details the depravity and greed of the inept political class as the world collapses into chaos. Sound familiar? The three protagonists in the book organized a strike of industrialists 12 years before the system disintegrated. I will point out the Obama took office in 2009 and 2021 is now 12 years later.

The above paragraph from the book details the fate of the Comet train. Everyone in charge knew that more than 300 people would die if the train entered the tunnel with a coal burning engine. But they had given up and accepted that no one was going to save them for the evil of the government.

Let’s break this down:

He [the conductor] thought that he should rouse the passengers and warn them. There had been a time when he placed the safety of the passengers above his own, not by reason of love for his fellow men, but because that responsibility was part of his job, which he accepted and felt pride in fulfilling.

We thought that we should rouse the people and warn them. There had been a time when we placed the security of the nation above our own, not by reason of love for our fellow men, but because that responsibility was part of our duty, which we accepted and felt pride in fulfilling.

How many people have been warning the nation about the evil which has taken hold in the government since 2009? These people are now vilified as domestic violent extremists. Their crime: a responsibility that they felt it was part of their duty, which they accepted and felt pride in fulfilling.

Now, he felt a contemptuous indifference and no desire to save them.

Now, they felt a contemptuous indifference and no desire to save them.

Have you noticed the blog posts of many sites lately? How many are directed at keyboard warriors and frustration at the people. How many blogs have shut down? How many are disgusted with a contemptuous indifference as people have accepted the illegal coup of the 2020 elections? How many commenters have given up and/or ridiculed the messenger? How long before we have no desire to save the people?

They had asked for and accepted Directive 10-289, he thought they went on living and daily turning away in evasion from the kind of verdicts that the Unification Board would convict him for disobeying order, for creating a panic.

The Deep State, media and big business had asked for and carried out a coup against Donald Trump. The people thought they could go on living and daily turned away in evasion from the kind of verdicts that the courts would attack them for disobeying executive orders, the media and their new masters.

We wonder why. Why do we do it? For whom do we do it? Why can’t the people see the collapse and the tyranny? Why have we risked so much for people who have turned away and accepted their “fate”?

He had no desire to be a martyr for the delaying for the sake of allowing people safely to indulge in their own irresponsible evil.

Do we desire to be a martyr for the delaying for the sake of allowing people safely to indulge in their own irresponsible evil?

The people of this country have three choices:

1. They can accept tyranny.
2. They can fight tyranny.
3. They can go on strike to hasten the collapse.

From a little further on in Atlas Shrugged:

The man in Bedroom F, Car No. 13, was a lawyer who had said, “Me? I’ll find a way to get along under any political system.”

This is the worst of the rot infecting our country: people who “feel” they can evade tyranny by going with the flow.

Back to the question of this piece: When? When will the people wake up and stop indulging their own irresponsible evil? The answer is when they have suffered more than they have. We saw the breakdown in Texas this past week and now the post mortem is starting as the blame must be placed on someone other that those who are truly responsible. What is yet to come?

I have fought tyranny for a long time. I have no wish to see people suffer, even from their own apathy and acceptance. I also have no wish to motivate people who rely on ignorance and fear to get along under any political system.

So I will take step 3 and when the time comes (and it will) to rebuild, I will be there waiting for the producers to restore personal Liberty.

David DeGerolamo