Didn't Rearden bend over and let them take over his business as well? John Galt is the one who told them to eat shit and deal with their own crap, that he'd go build his own society with hookers and blackjack while the parasitic politicians wallowed in their own filth.
That "recant" is either sarcasm or "under duress." He's pissed, that much is clear.
Didn't Rearden bend over and let them take over his business as well? John Galt is the one who told them to eat shit and deal with their own crap, that he'd go build his own society with hookers and blackjack while the parasitic politicians wallowed in their own filth.
He's got a bad habit of saying the right thing and then immediately contradicting himself and going back to being regime IT support.