[Route797]

I have always thought the concept of going Galt was the most unreasonable part of the book.

The nearest real life analogy to Rand's "Going Galt" is when the garbagemen go on strike. That's when the world panics.

[Vigilanteman]

A NYC based vendor of mine told me the grarbagemen were the most powerful union in the city.

The busses go on strike and the people take cabs or subways and vice versa. The hospitals go on strike and the death rate can actually go down because fewer people with communicable diseases are swarming the hospitals. The cops go on strike and people go to work earlier, leave earlier and avoid late hours when the criminals are most active.

But the garbagemen go on strike and the city has about four days, max, before it really, really hurts.