Jim Taggarts wedding is a work of art all the way through. So many plot lines converge into what you reference, the money question. Francisco’s impeccable logic and reasoning are so foreign to the “elites” that they turn away in horror, like Spanish inquisitors hearing true blasphemy. How often have we seen this played out in real life over the past 3-4 years? Truth tellers became pariahs to society and, to the brainwashed masses, their messages became conspiracies no good citizen would ever believe.
"Francisco is easily one of my favorite characters in any book"
Galt is deservedly the hero. But Francisco's Money Speech is the greatest passage in the book and one of my favorite from all books.
https://www.capitalismmagazine.com/2002/08/franciscos-money-speech/
Jim Taggarts wedding is a work of art all the way through. So many plot lines converge into what you reference, the money question. Francisco’s impeccable logic and reasoning are so foreign to the “elites” that they turn away in horror, like Spanish inquisitors hearing true blasphemy. How often have we seen this played out in real life over the past 3-4 years? Truth tellers became pariahs to society and, to the brainwashed masses, their messages became conspiracies no good citizen would ever believe.
"How often have we seen this played out in real life over the past 3-4 years?"
Too often. It's like the bad guys think AS is a How-To manual and not the cautionary tale it's intended to be.