Атлант расправил плечи
Their Brothers’ Keepers
"AspecialsessionofthelegislatureofthePeople’sStateofChilehadbeencalledforteno’clockthismorning,topassanactofutmostimportancetothepeopleofChile,ArgentinaandotherSouthAmericanPeople’sStates.InlinewiththeenlightenedpolicyofSeniorRamirez,thenewHeadoftheChileanState—whocametopoweronthemoralsloganthatmanishisbrother’skeeper—thelegislaturewastonationalizetheChileanpropertiesofd’AnconiaCopper,thusopeningthewayforthePeople’sStateofArgentinatonationalizetherestofthed’Anconiapropertiestheworldover.This,however,wasknownonlytoaveryfewofthetop-levelleadersofbothnations.Themeasurehadbeenkeptsecretinordertoavoiddebateandreactionaryopposition.
Theseizureofthemulti-billiondollard’AnconiaCopperwastocomeasamunificentsurprisetothecountry.
"Onthestrokeoften,intheexactmomentwhenthechairman’sgavelstrucktherostrum,openingthesession—almostasifthegavel’sblowhadsetitoff—thesoundofatremendousexplosionrockedthehall,shatteringtheglassofitswindows.Itcamefromtheharbor,afewstreetsaway—andwhenthelegislatorsrushedtothewindows,theysawalongcolumnofflamewhereoncetherehadrisenthefamiliarsilhouettesoftheoredocksofd’AnconiaCopper.Theoredockshadbeenblowntobits.
"Thechairmanavertedpanicandcalledthesessiontoorder.
