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Ayn Rand's point was, of course, that on the day that the victims of the bureaucrats suddenly decide not to be victims anymore, and not to surrender in the face of the worst that the bureaucrats and their allied "goons" can throw at them, the bureaucrats will lose, and find themselves at the mercy of their own former allies and dependents, who will consider that the bureaucrats have failed them. That Rand did not fully develop the point by expounding more directly on the ultimate fate of Wesley Mouch and certain of his associates, was probably because her novel was far too long (1100 pages) as it was, and also because she cared little about the ultimate fate of such men, and far more about the triumph of men like John Galt and Henry Rearden.
Ayn Rand's point was, of course, that on the day that the victims of the bureaucrats suddenly decide not to be victims anymore, and not to surrender in the face of the worst that the bureaucrats and their allied "goons" can throw at them, the bureaucrats will lose, and find themselves at the mercy of their own former allies and dependents, who will consider that the bureaucrats have failed them. That Rand did not fully develop the point by expounding more directly on the ultimate fate of Wesley Mouch and certain of his associates, was probably because her novel was far too long (1100 pages) as it was, and also because she cared little about the ultimate fate of such men, and far more about the triumph of men like John Galt and Henry Rearden.
== Similarity to present day ==
Wesley Mouch's job, described as "Top Coordinator" of economic planning, is very similar to that of a "[[Obama Administration#Czars|czar]]" in the [[Obama Administration|administration]] of President [[Barack Obama]]. Like any of these sixteen "czars," Wesley Mouch was accountable to no one, and answerable to no one, except only [[Mr. Thompson]], who appointed him. In the end, Mr. Thompson surrenders all his authority to Mouch and to the acting "science czar," [[Floyd Ferris]], for all the good that this does for either man.
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[[Category:Literary Figures]]
[[Category:Literary Figures]]