The Trial of Hank Rearden: Part 2of2

Part 2

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The following excerpt comes from Ayn Rand's 'Atlas Shrugged' written in 1957. This video will show you the famous trial of Henry (Hank) Rearden, who was a self-made man who started as an ordinary worker, showed talent, founded Rearden Steel and made it the most important steel company of the US (and one of the most important business companies of any kind). Later, he conceived of and invented the Rearden Metal, a form of metal stronger than steel (it stands to steel as steel stands to ordinary iron).

In this trial, he is facing charge for having dismissed the government's regulations controlling the sale of his metal.

If you are interested in the story, please buy Atlas Shrugged book or the Audiobook.

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[KDanagger]

The battle is NOT between the rich and the poor. It is between the producers and the parasites.

The parasites will do anything to confuse this point. We are told it is the rich who are the enemy, and that the less "fortunate" are entitled to unearned rewards. This technique was used by criminals and looters throughout history. They use short sighted greed to turn a society against itself. That enables them to skim off the wealth of the true producers until there is nothing left - for anyone.

[joshwood47]

Is the question in today's world 'Who is John Galt?', or should it be 'Where is Hank Rearden?'

[Atlasshrugging18]

@KDanagger You are 100% correct, the producers are the honest hard working capitalists while the looters are the entitlement recipients as well as the corportists.

[MrGchiasson]

This is a rally cry! An outcry against the injustice of our 'lifelong welfare state'.

The gov't, in their misguided effort to help people with irresponsible welfare programs..have only created a new under-class. I've met too many recipients who were lost in a fog of dependency..not realising their own abilities. It is a predictable outcome to bureaucratic Washington. Give me the world of "Hank Reardon' mindset. That is free market capitalism!.

[57thcory]

Let Atlas Shrug!

[IHeartDenver]

Hank Rearden, more than John Galt or Howard Roark, is the perfect human being. If I could find one Hank Rearden alive today, I'd kiss his feet.

[tjAvatarici]

The current administration and the NLRB thugs and other heavy handed government departments are making this 54 year old story a reality. Obama is destroying the US as it was envisioned and making it into another euro-failure, mediocre place. People now think anything they "want" or "need" is somehow a "right" to be provided at otthers' expense. I think it is too late, and Atlas is shrugging.

[buzzclick500]

@lettucemonster : That is your privilege, prerogative and option.

[lettucemonster]

@buzzclick500 I'm calling bullshit on this.

[buzzclick500]

@lettucemonster : I have addressed judges in this manner, with satisfactory results. Ayn Rand's philosophy is right on. Real-life experience, proved to myself--and everybody in the courtroom.

[lettucemonster]

Ayn Rand is the most retarded author ever, and Atlas Shrugged her worst book. This scene is a pathetic straw man argument; In a real life trial this preening cockend would be laughed at and tossed in jail, and nobody would be impressed with him.