"Going Galt"

[farmaholic]

A hint from a fellow AVer....

"Tea parties." "Going Galt." You've probably seen a growing number of references to these in the media, online, and on signs at rallies reacting to new government spending and controls.

The Boston Tea Party was a rebellion against excessive government. Today's "tea parties" say "no" to spending without limit and the government takeover of our lives.

"Going Galt!" If you've read Ayn Rand 's Atlas Shrugged , you appreciate the parallels between today's disintegrating world and the events depicted in that prophetic novel. Atlas Shrugged is the story ofhow productive people went on strike, withdrawing their services in protest against a society that damned them for being productive and expropriated the fruits of their labor.

The ideas in Atlas Shrugged can be powerful moral weapons to roll back the forces of repression and irrationality. The Atlas Society is your premier source for information on those ideas. We've compiled this page to help you understand the whole "Going Galt" phenomenon.
WHAT IS "GOING GALT?"
"Going Galt" doesn't simply mean getting angry. That would be "Going Postal." It means having righteous indignation at the injustice of a political system that bails out individuals and institutions for irresponsible behavior and at the expense of those like you who prosper through hard work and personal responsibly.
"Going Galt" means asking in the face of new taxes and government controls, "Why work at all?" "For whom am I working?" "Am I a slave?"
"Going Galt" means recognizing that you're being punished not for your vices but for your virtues.
"Going Galt" means recognizing that you have a moral right to your own life, the pursuit of your own happiness, and thus to the rewards you've earned with your labor.
"Going Galt" means recognizing that you deserve praise and honor for your achievements rather than damnation as "exploiters."
"Going Galt" means recognizing that you do not need to justify your life or wealth to your neighbors, "society," or politicians, or bureaucrats. They're yours, period!
"Going Galt" means recognizing that the needs of others do not give them a claim to your time, effort, and achievements.
"Going Galt" means shrugging off unearned guilt, refusing to support your own destroyers, refusing to give them what Ayn Rand termed "the sanction of the victim." It means taking the moral high ground by explicitly rejecting as evil the premise of "self-sacrifice" that they sell to you as a virtue— in fact "self-sacrifice" is an invitation to suicide.



Beginning to feel like....



"Going Galt" makes reference to "Atlas Shrugged"

Some of the above excerpts were from March 23, 2011, Edward Hudgins, from the "Atlas Society"

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[farmaholic]

Is "shrugging" the same "giving up"?

There was a neighbor who used to say, "don't let the bastards grind you down".

In a way, giving up isn't my nature.

Being strong willed and determined is. Combined with being opinionated and out spoken, it can make an "interesting" combination at times. Maybe even intimidating in certain circumstances.

Respect is reciprocal, in my world its earned and not granted, if you want it from me you have to earn it, and no, the bar isn't impossibly high. And along with that respect I expect to be treated honestly and fairly, the way I will treat you.

There are very few times I will absolutely fly off the handle, if there is a problem the first line of attack is "tact and diplomacy" with sound reasoning(in my mind) supporting my position. when that fails.....things can change.

There are some things I will never understand, and some people and institutions are some of them.

Maybe it's time to shrug the "cause" to change the "affect".

I hate feeling forced to shrug without a fight to protect what is fair, what I worked for, and what is mine.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Is "shrugging" the same "giving up"?

There was a neighbor who used to say, "don't let the bastards grind you down".

In a way, giving up isn't my nature.

Being strong willed and determined is. Combined with being opinionated and out spoken, it can make an "interesting" combination at times. Maybe even intimidating in certain circumstances.

Respect is reciprocal, in my world its earned and not granted, if you want it from me you have to earn it, and no, the bar isn't impossibly high. And along with that respect I expect to be treated honestly and fairly, the way I will treat you.

There are very few times I will absolutely fly off the handle, if there is a problem the first line of attack is "tact and diplomacy" with sound reasoning(in my mind) supporting my position. when that fails.....things can change.

There are some things I will never understand, and some people and institutions are some of them.

Maybe it's time to shrug the "cause" to change the "affect".

I hate feeling forced to shrug without a fight to protect what is fair, what I worked for, and what is mine.

Thanks for posting. Sounds like you are about to the breaking point of joining us optimists who do see a solution, Which is getting out of Canada and into the only country with any hope going forward.

[hobbyfrmr]

Is "shrugging" the same "giving up"?

There was a neighbor who used to say, "don't let the bastards grind you down".

In a way, giving up isn't my nature.

Being strong willed and determined is. Combined with being opinionated and out spoken, it can make an "interesting" combination at times. Maybe even intimidating in certain circumstances.

Respect is reciprocal, in my world its earned and not granted, if you want it from me you have to earn it, and no, the bar isn't impossibly high. And along with that respect I expect to be treated honestly and fairly, the way I will treat you.

There are very few times I will absolutely fly off the handle, if there is a problem the first line of attack is "tact and diplomacy" with sound reasoning(in my mind) supporting my position. when that fails.....things can change.

There are some things I will never understand, and some people and institutions are some of them.

Maybe it's time to shrug the "cause" to change the "affect".

I hate feeling forced to shrug without a fight to protect what is fair, what I worked for, and what is mine.

Rand then began Atlas Shrugged to depict the morality of rational self-interest,[7] by exploring the consequences of a strike by intellectuals refusing to supply their inventions, art, business leadership, scientific research, or new ideas to the rest of the world.[8]

This fit with any independent business owners.
You are not giving up. You are shrugging off the outside world’s bullshit that is being piled onto what you know and how you live. You are not giving up on your wife and kids and payments and responsibilities and consequences that you have agreed to meet as an individual.
It is quite the opposite, the rest of society has learned a weakened resolve. They have to draw from (criticize) characteristic resources that are fewer than ever.
While the rest of the world is busy getting softer, weaker and dumber, your wife and kids will eventually acknowledge that you didn’t care for much of this bullshit because you were too busy leading from the front.
Heavy is the head that wears the crown.