Who is John Galt? This question, expressed in frustration, is a rhetorical cry for assistance to understand a society that is rapidly decaying. It is an apparently meaningless question, yet everyone understands the sense of despair the question implies. No one seems to understand exactly what is going wrong, just that something is. Except, perhaps, for one man: John Galt. Who is John Galt? Real or imaginary? Man or god? Savior or destroyer? Who is John Galt? He is the man who stopped the motor of the world; the first to stand against the looters' creed of from each according to his ability, to each according to his need; the man who leads the strike of the men of the mind. John Galt is the man who lives without fear or guilt; the man who sacrifices neither his love nor his values; the man who knows that achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death. John Galt is the man who lives by the oath: "I swear—by my life and my love of it—that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine." ~ i came home early today. its the same old thing each weekend. the same old pretty crowd. that citibank booth near heeren. the posers in front of cineleisure. the same old people. so i figured, heck, save some money come back home. and read my new book... wise choice... Savant at 6/11/2005 10:43:00 pm ;
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