Going John Galt?

Are you "going John Galt" and reducing your productivity by choice, or removing yourself from the economy all together, because of the Obama Administration's economic and tax plans? If so, we want to interview you. Watch for details.

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• PJTV
• Pajamas Media
• instapundit
• glenn reynolds
• roger l. simon
• john galt
• dr. helen smith
• ayn rand

[gergenheimer]

@Georgie2047 You're incorrect - Madoff's operation was reviewed by SEC regulators and they failed to see the fraudulent activity. The problem isn't "selfishness" or "greed", the problem was the false sense of security people got from thinking that the government was protecting them. In the "chaos" of a truly free market, such a huge scam wouldn't have been possible, because investors would've been much more careful. Self-interest and helping others aren't mutually exclusive concepts.

[mustang607]

Going John Galt can be as simple as spending your wealth, your energy and your time, where it is more respected, away from Obama.

If some people here believe that the rains caused the Sahara, so be it.

[StudentOfObjectivism]

@MrAdvancedAtheist You mean the hero of Atlas Shrugged who at the end of the novel has everything he has lived for, including the woman he loves?

Or did you not read that far?

[MrAdvancedAtheist]

Does "going Galt" mean that you stay an adult male virgin, like Rand's hero?

[safeinsuburbia]

There must be a mistake.

I'm on the wrong planet.

Anyone, I need directions.... how do I get to my planet?

It's the one without all the lunatics.

[JonasPlanck]

The Invisible Hand made me do it.

[daxtonbrown]

I'm "Going Galt" and have even written a book on the subject titled "Going Galt: Surviving Edonomic Armageddon". Most people can't drop out 100%, but you can aggressively prepare for the bad times both financially and through stockpiling and self reliance measures. Search Daxton Brown for a video.

[traffik0001]

Man, only white people would do something like this over a Fictional book!! And a pretty shitty one at that!

Thumbs up if you agree!

[perdondaris]

Isn't capitalism a mass idea of morality? Capitalism is based on the work ethic. You can be a radical individualist without being a capitalist. A lot of cult leaders are narcissistic, amoral and indifferent to suffering. Does that make them Objectivists? Objectivists are right to point out that Hitler and Stalin were greedy jerks but aren't those tyrants now justified by Objectivism in that they lived selfishly without concern for the well being of others?