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== The strike ==

== The strike ==

In 1917 (the year that the strike most likely began; see [[Atlas Shrugged#Time setting]] for details), John Galt came to see his old professor, and told him a story that was as shocking as it was sad. Hugh Akston had seen some disturbing signs that the society in which he lived believed that reason was somehow out of style. But he was quite unprepared for the story that John Galt told him.

In 1945 (the year that the strike most likely began; see [[Atlas Shrugged#Time setting]] for details), John Galt came to see his old professor, and told him a story that was as shocking as it was sad. Hugh Akston had seen some disturbing signs that the society in which he lived believed that reason was somehow out of style. But he was quite unprepared for the story that John Galt told him.

John had gone to work for the [[Twentieth Century Motor Company]], in Starnesville, [[Wisconsin]]. There he had conceived, and build a prototype of, an [[John Galt#The electrostatic motor|electrostatic motor]] for automobiles, and potentially for [[railroad]] [[locomotive]]s and even more powerful applications.

John had gone to work for the [[Twentieth Century Motor Company]], in Starnesville, [[Wisconsin]]. There he had conceived, and build a prototype of, an [[John Galt#The electrostatic motor|electrostatic motor]] for automobiles, and potentially for [[railroad]] [[locomotive]]s and even more powerful applications.