tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post562638914497750844..comments2024-03-27T14:07:52.573+00:00Comments on Who Would Have Believed The Singularity Would Be So Stupid?: Peggy Noonan Identifies the thinking and feelings in the REAL heart and soul of AmericaPastoriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169561459129778670noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post-16722087382300163722009-10-31T06:36:25.711+00:002009-10-31T06:36:25.711+00:00Epaminondas, very well said.Epaminondas, very well said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post-63468083286436786582009-10-30T17:35:11.965+00:002009-10-30T17:35:11.965+00:00Atlas.
Is.
Shrugging.
The phrase Rand used for ...Atlas.<br /><br />Is.<br /><br />Shrugging.<br /><br />The phrase Rand used for what the "optimistic" statist were relying on was, "Oh, you'll do something", addressed to the producers, whenever they imposed another "regulation". <br /><br />One way of summarizing the novel is that all the capable people who understand what is really going on bail out and go somewhere safe where they can be productive until the insanity abates. When enough of them do that, the country is left in the hands of the grown-up spoiled children who discover that nothing can be produced by issuing directives so they resort to naked physical force, at which point the remaining producers in the country also bail out -- identified, defended, and encouraged by the Galt's Speech broadcast. One last attempt by the government hacks to force them to rescue it blows up in their faces, chaos reigns, and the producers can at last see a clear road ahead as they begin to return.<br /><br />And virtually none of us who read it 30-40 years ago believed anything like it would really happen. That would have been way too much like "catastrophising".<br /><br />Whoops.revereridesagainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post-12707629058374621662009-10-30T16:59:45.333+00:002009-10-30T16:59:45.333+00:00Noonan and you, Epa, have echoed the thoughts goin...Noonan and you, Epa, have echoed the thoughts going through my head for the past few days, albeit more eloquently.<br /><br />I keep asking myself, how can these people be so stupid? Don't they realize that if they keep going down this path business is going to stop, and then they won't have anything left to tax?<br /><br />The goose who layed the golden egg must be fed, and he must be fed on Freedom.Pastoriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169561459129778670noreply@blogger.com