How about a tale of modern Shrugging
It would be interesting to see a movie about a modern-day man who "shrugs". Show someone capable, not necessarily exceptional to the point of being an archetype, who runs into every obstacle in today's headlines and finally realizes he has had enough. Perhaps he reads "Atlas Shrugged". Perhaps he comes up with the idea on his own.
What does he do? Does he "hide in plain sight" as John Galt does through much of the book, or does he hide somewhere?
I know an obstetrician who stopped practicing medicine and currently drives a garbage truck. He says he's never been happier in his life. His reasons for "quitting" sound like something straight out of "Atlas Shrugged".
What does he do? Does he "hide in plain sight" as John Galt does through much of the book, or does he hide somewhere?
I know an obstetrician who stopped practicing medicine and currently drives a garbage truck. He says he's never been happier in his life. His reasons for "quitting" sound like something straight out of "Atlas Shrugged".
But there....he meets others just like him. They communicate, make connections, and create their own society within prison walls. Having them plan an escape would be cliche, but they develop some sort of "master plan"....perhaps something that will bring down the society that put them behind bars.
Things of this sort certainly happened in the Soviet Gulag. As the U.S. becomes a police state....it's well within the realm of possibility.
The sort of story I am thinking of would only have meaning to those of an Objectivist leaning. The Naturalists/Existentialists and that bunch would merely see it as a morality play on the futility of ambition. Only those who "get it" would fully understand why, say, an obstetrician might prefer to drive a garbage truck.
"I feel more free here, than in the states."