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Apr. 3rd, 2009

  • 1:16 PM
nite owl
Rather cool reality subversion of the week: someone in the background at a G20 protest on the news holding aloft a sign reading "WHO IS JOHN GALT?", an oblique reference to a plot point in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged.

I don't understand, however, why a person in a anti-capitalist demo would be promoting a book with a fiercely right-wing ideology which wholeheartedly supports the kind of unregulated economic greed which led us into this global crisis in the first place.

Comments

(Anonymous) wrote:
Apr. 7th, 2009 11:20 am (UTC)
Who Is John Galt poster at B of E G20 protest
That was me & my banner.

The point I was making that the fictional John Galt was against the 'moochers' and 'looters' ... in other words a 'clean capitalist'.

The other side of my banner said 'Punish the looters'.

I explained all this to many journalists & TV journalists.
My 'clean capitalism' comments were printed in many papers.
[info]sum0 wrote:
Apr. 7th, 2009 11:33 am (UTC)
Re: Who Is John Galt poster at B of E G20 protest
Ah, that makes sense now. Thanks for your reply!