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== Present day ==
== Present day ==
With the election of [[Ronald Reagan]], any thought of replicating the John Galt Strike was abandoned. The Objectivists had only one quarrel with Reagan, and that concerned the issue of [[abortion]]. On every other point, they agreed with his stated principles.
With the election of [[Ronald Reagan]], any thought of replicating the John Galt Strike was abandoned. The Objectivists had only one quarrel with Reagan, and that concerned the issue of [[abortion]]. On every other point, they agreed with his stated principles, and many rejoiced to see the Reagan principles in operation.
Sadly, [[George H. W. Bush]] did not follow those principles, and neither did his immediate successor, [[Bill Clinton]], or even his son, [[George W. Bush]]. But not until the presidency of [[Barack Hussein Obama]] did any Objectivist think seriously that the time might have come to do in real life what John Galt does in the novel.
More to the point, "to go Galt" has now become a catch phrase for quitting a system that now begins to look like the extremely collectivistic system that Ayn Rand projected in her novel. Regardless of multiple accusations in the [[liberal]] media, no one has—yet—proposed to "go Danneskjold", i.e. turn privateer and make an active, not merely a passive, war.
Today, the Ayn Rand Institute has enjoyed frequent citations on the [[Fox News Channel]] and especially by commentator [[Glenn Beck]], who has interviewed its current head several times on his program. Beck has not been known to mention the name of John Galt, but he ''has'' mentioned the name of [[Henry Rearden]], the novel's hero who becomes a reluctant member of John Galt's strike and the society that he builds.
More to the point, "to go Galt" has now become a catch phrase for quitting a system that now begins to look like the extremely collectivistic system that Ayn Rand projected in her novel. The most salient case-in-point today is the finding, published in ''Investors' Business Daily'', that forty-five-percent of [[doctor]]s surveyed would seriously consider quitting their profession if the [[Obama Administration]]'s proposed socialization of health care were to be enacted into law.<ref name=ibd>Jones T, "[http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=506199 45% Of Doctors Would Consider Quitting If Congress Passes Health Care Overhaul]," ''Investors' Business Daily'', 16 September 2009. Quoted in "[http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2009/09/16/doctors-threaten-to-go-galt-if-obamacare-passes/ Doctors Threaten to Go Galt if ObamaCare Passes],", ''Stop the ACLU'', 16 September 2009.</ref>
Regardless of multiple accusations in the [[liberal]] media, no one has—yet—proposed to "go Danneskjold", i.e. turn privateer and make an active, not merely a passive, war.
== Feasibility ==
== Feasibility ==