I bought Atlas Shrugged about ten years ago on a whim at an airport bookstore to while away the hours in departure gates. Took several weeks to finish. While reading I kept saying to myself, holy crap, that’s happening.
Oh, yeah. I did too. Anyone who thought it far-fetched (and that was almost everyone at the time) must be wondering about that old deja vu.
A shameless link to Publius' and my book on the topic. It started here on FR. Who Is John Galt?
Rand is laughing at us now, and it isn't nice laughter... ;-)