Ray,
It's concerns me deeply that so many folks simply cannot discern wtf Atlas is all about. Maybe they should actually read it. Aside from it being a work of fiction, and a disquised love story, it wasn't even that prophetic. If anything, it was only reporting and dressing up old events (the 2 depressions that had happened in her lifetime) in new modern clothes. What makes it seem prophetic is that our 'not free since 1913 economy' keeps doing the same thing. And for the same reasons, and with the same results.
In a true free market economy, no one gets a bail-out. Is this ideal too hard for people to understand? The 2 philosophies are diametrically opposed to each other.
Just like I said from the beginning, if the banks were allowed to fail (i.e. if the FED had been allowed to fail), we would be free from the non-productive, the corrupt and the looters now.
But noooooooo, in typical american idiot fashion, we believe we can change the meaning of the words 'free market' so that it now means we have one.
Likj in the book, are we starting to address out gov't spending habits? No. Are we spending on credit still? Yes. Are we encouraging poorly run and corrupt banks and corporations to continue? Yes. Are corporations still roaming the halls of congress, dressed as lobbyists, legally bribing our members? Yes. Where is the out-cry for the things that really matter?
Oh, look , Sarah Palin has a birthmark shaped like Queen Victoria, let's write a book about it.
