That's a point that few, even Objectivists, get so I'll get into it a little. In Rand's morality, independence is an essential virtue--and Willers did not have it. He gave himself to the railroad, even described himself as its feudal serf. So, when the railroad died, so did he. 5/18

You might recall the Taggart Tunnel disaster, the scene where Rand goes through the train, describing how each of certain people had, in some way, contributed to their upcoming death. This was another way she concretized the moral principle that immorality is deadly. 6/18