Source analyzed: Atlas Shrugged on Wikipedia

🧠 Memetic Profile: Core Memeplex Structure

Foundational Memes:

• Who is John Galt? – A question-meme, memetically engineered for viral ambiguity and symbolic resonance.
• The Strike of the Mind – A conceptual inversion: the “productive class” goes on strike, revealing their foundational role in civilization.
• Rational Egoism – The central moral code: self-interest as virtue, reason as the only epistemology.
• The Motor of the World – Innovation and reason drive progress; parasitism causes decay.

Central Archetypes:

• John Galt – The philosopher-engineer-activist who represents the memetic ideal of perfect reason, integrity, and individualism.
• Dagny Taggart – The capable industrialist torn between preserving civilization and joining the strike.
• Hank Rearden – A man of production bound by guilt, who must unlearn self-sacrifice.
• The Looters – Bureaucrats, collectivists, and altruists who destroy value through emotionalism and coercion.

Narrative Myths:

• Heroic Exodus – The elite withdraw to Galt’s Gulch (a memetic sanctuary) to preserve rationality.
• Moral Reversal – Traditional virtues (charity, sacrifice) are rebranded as tools of control and decline.
• Civilizational Collapse – The story dramatizes what happens when the “mind” withdraws.

Truth-Processing Logic:

• Reason as absolute; emotion is valid only if it follows rational judgment.
• Objective reality is knowable, consistent, and morally interpretable.