The Anti-villain

Certain events in both movies and in real life detail a scenario where a person or group in distress turns to someone or something they hate; a villain. This coincides with the phrase "keep your friends close and your enemies closer". This usually happens when all other means of solving the problem fail, and the last resort is to turn to the greatest villain for aid. This phenomena is clearly exhibited in Dagny's view of John Galt. The society portrayed in John Galt was taught to view him as the epitome of despair, a person to refer to when the answer should be "I don't know". Then we meet the businessmen of this society, scoundrels such as Wesley Mouch and Jim Taggart, two men who seem so oblivious to the economic meltdown around them that they almost seem like a greater evil to the world than John Galt is purported to be. As a result, Dagny feels the need to befriend John Galt, to carry on his word and his legacy. She does this by naming her line the John Galt Line after Galt, putting to shame the phrase "Who is John Galt", even painting him as a martyr by calling themselves (Hank, herself, and the train operators on the first train to run on the John Galt Line). She's become best friends with the worst enemy. Some people would even say that even she, the noble Dagny, is as desperate as the homeless that roam the streets of New York. But, John Galt is humanity's last hope for survival both economically and physically.