Who is John Galt?

[NightWatcher]

I saw this f'ing billboard as I drove 95 South back into Florida today.

These idiots down here have no idea what they are talking about- aside from the "I've got mine, so screw you"-ness of Rand. I'm sure all of these holy rollers would love to know what their philosophical leader thinks of them and their faith.


Grrr, I so wanted to find an Abbzug to my Sarvis.





(PS, please dont tell me who John Galt is, I know)

[MrModerate]

1. Who is giving a shit? n/t

[Deja Q]

2. I saw mr. Rand on an episode of Donahue (1970s)

Scary lil' self-important nazi, to be sure...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzGFytGBDN8
(part 1 of... 5... :scared: )

oh, Ayn was a woman. Surprised me...

[LeftyMom]

3. There's a Crumb illustrated version of The Monkeywrench Gang?

:added to shopping list:

[panader0]

6. No shit! Is it for real?

I have every old ZAP comic book somewhere.

[NightWatcher]

8. you're welcome. I want this too

and a shirt or two
http://kensanders.com/inventory_mwg.php

[LeftyMom]

14. I found a few for sale on the intertubes.

Overpriced for a paperback, but not horrible for an out of print book.

[WeDidIt]

4. Atlas Shrugged is a mess.

There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.

[RoyGBiv]

9. +1

I LOLed :rofl:

[blondeatlast]

17. Did too.

:rofl:

[baldguy]

10. If Rand had written Lord Of The Rings

She would've had Frodo kill Gollum & Sam, use the One Ring to dominate everyone who got in his way, then build an army & conquer Mordor.

"Fellowship" is an alien concept to her.

[Withywindle]

20. I'm sure there would have been praise for Sauron's manly, potent sense of architecture. n/t

[Vickers]

22. Har!

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Tangerine LaBamba]

5. Billboard?

The billboard was an ad for that Abbey story?

And where does John Galt enter into this?

Your OP is really confusing. Maybe it's me, but are you referencing Bella Abzug, and, if so, why?

I don't get any of what you posted. Was that your intention?

[NightWatcher]

12. here ya go

from Wiki:

John Galt is a fictional character in Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged. Although he is absent from much of the text, he is the subject of the novel's often repeated question, "Who is John Galt?", and the quest to discover the answer.

As the plot unfolds, Galt is acknowledged to be a creator and inventor who embodies the power of the individual capitalist. He serves as an idealistic counterpoint to the social and economic structure depicted in the novel. The depiction portrays a society based on oppressive bureaucratic functionaries and a culture that embraces the stifling mediocrity and egalitarianism of socialistic idealism. In this popular mass ideology, he is a metaphorical Atlas of Greek mythology, holding up the world


Bonnie Abbzug is a character that opens Edward Abbey's The Monkey Wrench Gang. At the begining of the story, she and her friend Dr. Doc Sarvis, are destroying billboards along side of the road.

I assume the billboard I saw is sponsored by someone/group who thinks that Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectivism_(Ayn_Rand) should be followed today.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

16. Yes, I know who John Galt and I read Atlas Shrugged,

and I was thinking Bella Abzug and forgot the names of the characters from the Abbey novel.

I fail to see the connection.

But, still, I'm confused.

What is the problem with that billboard?

Did you know that Edward Abbey was Hunter S. Thompson's favorite fiction writer?

Why are you connecting Abbey's book and Ayn Rand?

I'm sorry, but I'm just not following this. I'm not very bright, so forgive me.....................

[Barack_America]

7. Oh please oh please let them move into the mountains.

They will not be missed.

[Zynx]

11. I just want to be clear I don't use this word often, but....

Ayn Rand was a miserable shriveled up bitch.

[nolabear]

13. Forget Ayn Rand; I want the R. Crumb! nt.

[Wickerman]

15. The irony of the billboard being placed on an interstate highway

contracted for, built with and by, federal govt is freaking hilarious.

[blondeatlast]

18. So true.

:rofl:

[Yavin4]

19. His House Burned Down In Los Angeles

He didn't want socialist fire fighters putting out the blaze.

[Justicekthx]

21. DO these John Galt people.....

Worship herbert Hoover?cause Hoover is what happens when you let these dumb asses have power one great depression and letting the market work is enough for me,think I will take my chances with government intervention.

[naaman fletcher]

23. A rule of thumb I developed in college..

that I have continued through my business career is to never have any business interactions with an objectivist nor a personal interaction where the person has the ability to harm you emotionally or otherwise.

The entire philosophy is that as soon as they are the strong one in the relationship or have the ability to f**k you over, that it is moral to do so.

I have met randians in college who grew out of it, but certainly any randian over 30 years will screw you on the first chance he/she gets.