Going Galt

[Wallfire]

I have been encouraging people for over twenty years to be more self sufficient and less dependent on government. I never thought of it as going Galt, but I guess there are some similarities.

I could see the handwriting on the wall. Spending as much time as I did with pre-teens and teens, I could see how a life of entitlement was not preparing them for a life where they would never be able do as well as their parents, and would always be reliant on parents or government in their future.

I tried to encourage teens to by-pass all those wasted years, and money, seeking a college degree, that would likely just be apiece of paper they, and the five hundred other people, would be holding in their hands, while standing in line for that job at the burger joint. I tried to encourage them to learn skills that would at least increase their chances of finding work, or improve their chances of being able to work for themselves.

Your average teen will not consider a job if they have to get their hands dirty. They want to sit behind desks and just wait for lunch and the time to punch out. For them rules are not meant to be broken, they just don't pertain to them. I know it sounds like I am ragging on teens, much the way every older generation has done in the past. I don't blame the young people that have fallen victim in this trap.

They have been set up by a society that has been grooming them for life under the control of their masters.They really aren't spending much time or energy on us old folks. It is not worth it. Our time is short, so it benefits them to humor and tolerate us for now. Going self sufficient or going Galt, has to be something we teach the children.

There will only be a few that will listen, and even fewer that will be committed, but I guess in a way that is a good thing, since it will be the lack of numbers that would make the effort successful.

You make a very good point. The problem is in Europe the mass influx of very low IQ people. This means that the classic apprentice training has been lowered to a point that its of no use in the real world. The need for foremen to read the instructions to the workers and show them how to do the job is just unbelievable. Considering that ME countries and Africans has an IQ of about 60-70, in Sweden they are now running into groups of Sudanese that have an IQ 50 and below. Its got to a point that IQ cannot be measured its so low.
If the crap hits the fan who is going to look after these people. Do we just leave them to starve, as there is no way they can survive without the whole "real" culture of the country supporting them.
What happens when it goes "Galt".
Do we watch these groups of low IQ starve and freeze to death ? remember if you use a Galt system there is no room for useless people, everyone must bring something to the table, not just take, take, take from it.
No easy answer.
It seems it will be survival of the best working together.