David,
“You make the assumption that we want our country to succeed. While I think America is a great place and all, it’s just an idea that is shared among those who live here. When that idea becomes corrupt, failure becomes a good option for reform.”
I won’t call you unpatriotic for making that statement, although that would be an apt description.
Instead I’ll just say this: Many have bet against America in the past, and few have won.
What makes you think “withdrawing your support” for our economy is going to make you the exception?
Leave it to the liberal Huffington Post to put “going galt” into perspective:
“Well, since there’s going to be no lessening of the aggregate demand for heart surgery, dental work and litigation, that work will go to younger and smaller producers who will have the opportunity to absorb the unserved clients kicked loose from the Galtian financial Rapture, and those new businesses will have need of the employees that once worked for those mid-sized businesses. Plus, some of those people who used to work for these John Galts will probably be shrewd enough to open businesses of their own to take advantage on the coming upticks in golfing, poodling, yachtery and dilletantism.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/06/right-doubling-down-on-ay_n_172515.html
That’s right…withdraw and the invisible hand will gently scoot you out of the way and you’ll finally find the true meaning of “no workee no eatee.”
Also…you say that self-interest is self sustaining, but is praying for the failure of our free market, democratic system really in your self interest?
It’s not in mine.
