Atlas Shrugged: Part I

Something compelled me to watch Atlas Shrugged: Part I, even though I could tell from the trailer that it was poorly shot with mediocre acting. That’s because I’d heard of the book it’s based on and was curious to experience the message behind it. It is very provocative and scary. The implications, that is, not the movie. Conspiracy theorists and ex-Illuminati like John Todd have mentioned that the book is a code for the steps to world domination by conquering America.

In Part I, we witness a woman’s grueling effort to save her family’s railroad line, while key personnel in her company and in the financing world vanish mysteriously. And suddenly the enigmatic one-liner (“Who is John Galt?”) keeps popping up all over the place. After succeeding to re-build her Colorado rail line with a new steel alloy, despite the metal being publicly denounced as unsafe, she finds one of her major investors has disappeared and torched his own oil reserve.

The idea here is for entrepreneurs to bankrupt their own companies as a form of going on strike against a government that penalizes them for being successful in bringing innovation and wealth to their companies and the nation. Sound familiar? Ultimately, the problem here is that John Galt is the demonic high priest himself and is wielding sound reason (as he tends to) to lead these men to their doom and usher in a New World Order that doesn’t promise to be any better than the previous one. In fact, it is the answer to problems purposely created in order to advance its own coming about.

It is important for us to be aware of this and for that reason it is good to watch this movie, despite its cheap production and lackluster storytelling, but we must do so with a properly critical and well-informed mind. I personally no longer like to delve into any popular writing without an understanding of the framework within which its writer is operating. Because all writing is fiction. Fact is a myth. Truth is all we can hope for. And in any writing it is the mind of the writer we are in actuality becoming acquainted with. We learn more about that writer’s inner circle and what they’re up to and how they view the world than we do about anything natural or spiritual. The natural and spiritual have to be experienced. But writing is the most powerful form of magic and can transform our collective consciousness and therefore the world. I’ve been curious about this book because of who the author is and who she was affiliated with.

In any case, the film is dull, boring and its message is dreary and depressing so far. I can only watch it because I have a fascination in understanding the nasty depravity of my enemy and so it’s not time wasted. After watching it, I felt quite reflective about where we’re heading in the world right now and came up with the thoughts I now add below:

We are in the birth throes of an age that has never been before and never will again: the Age of Deep Disillusion, in which nothing new will be created, ideas will be outlawed, and acts of faith condemned as crimes against humanity.

It will also be a time of fortitude, solidarity and distinction among men once again based on virtues and deeds, rather than wealth and ruses.

A strong undercurrent of resistance shall stand on its own. They will feed the fires of revolution and keep the human spirit alive.

A beautiful rose amidst thorns of cruelty.