Who is John Galt?

[Paradoxical]

A self-absorbed, right-wing terrorist.

Sound familiar?

[FarLeftFist]

1. The opposite of everything that makes America great.

[Warpy]

2. If all the men who fancy themselves John Galts disappeared tomorrow

few people would notice and their bureaucracies would continue as usual.

However, if LABOR decided to sit on its hands and refuse to work for only one day, the country would be thrown into a panic.

Labor needs to wake up to this fact.

[Critters2]

5. +1 nt

[BillyJack]

11. +1

[provis99]

7. +1.

[patrice]

8. 1++++++++++++

[yurbud]

12. the self-styled John Galt's were the ones who tanked the world economy then demanded a bailout

from the rest of us.

the military of all places has the least John Galt attitude. Pilots, astronauts, and other high profile, highly skilled people there know they can't do their thing unless a lot of other people support them by doing less flashy jobs well, and that their lives even depend on those less visible people.

[Spider Jerusalem]

3. Don't forget rapist

one of the more disturbing and frequently overlooked things about Ayn Rand's novels: her female characters frequently get raped by the male protagonists. But superior men take what they want, by force if necessary, and she LIKES it. So that makes it okay.

[Generic Other]

4. does he have hair like the Donald?

and a big butt? haha.

[meegbear]

6. A fictional character created by a bitter woman with a combover

[Kablooie]

9. But he makes one hell of a hamburger.

Trouble is, he makes it out of you.

[sarge43]

10. Ayn Rand's wet dream. n/t

[Erose999]

13. An overly verbose douchebag. Not a hero, by any stretch of the imagination.

[geardaddy]

14. He's a character whom Rand based on a child-rapist and murderer.

"Her works are treated as gospel by right-wing powerhouses like Alan Greenspan and Clarence Thomas, but Ayn Rand found early inspiration in 1920's murderer William Hickman."

http://www.alternet.org/story/145819/

[geardaddy]

15. They've got their dumb movie coming out on Friday.

There's a lot of Galt-shit being promoted lately. A local small-time property management company here in Minneapolis posted a billboard asking that question.

I'm surprised no one has vandalized it yet. Maybe people aren't aware of the idiocy of Galtism?

[blm]

16. John Galt is who Republican powerbrokers REALLY worship while they pretend to favor Jesus.

Atlas Shrugged is the REAL goto book for Republican policies. Ever see them fight for any of Jesus' issues?

Democratic policies are far closer to the priorities of Jesus who reached out to the poor and weak, damning the moneychangers who valued only the accumulation of wealth and power.

[yellowcanine]

17. I wonder how many Ayn Rand fans know she was an atheist and supported abortion rights?

I know I know. The Religious Right rejected Jimmy Carter in favor of Ronnie Reagan also.

[BOG PERSON]

18. i'm john galt

jealous?

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

19. The name of guy that Ayn Rand dreamt up to rip her bodice.

One that she could moan "Take me,John, you brute!" to.