It's hard to imagine a more realistic version of a Bond Villain than Klaus. Half a century ago, my initial impression of Rand's villains in Atlas Shrugged were surreal. Today they are ubiquitous.
Wesley Mouch brought to life, sucking the life out of the rest of us.
"When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing – When you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors – When you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you – When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice – You may know that your society is doomed."
It's hard to imagine a more realistic version of a Bond Villain than Klaus. Half a century ago, my initial impression of Rand's villains in Atlas Shrugged were surreal. Today they are ubiquitous.
Wesley Mouch brought to life, sucking the life out of the rest of us.
"When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing – When you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors – When you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you – When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice – You may know that your society is doomed."
~ Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, 1957