This is also one of my fears. I don't think that those who call for a revolution of this type have studied history. That action is only a last, desperate resort. There are many other ways to influence those in power. In my opinion we must 'Starve the Beast'. Atlas Shrugged is Rands take on how this may play out but it is not the only possibility. Trying to avoid any spoilers, I'd suggest looking up 'shrugging' and also 'gulching' on the 'net.
I think you are absolutely right. Maybe if “shrugging” on a small scale has an effect, it won’t have to happen on a large scale. For example, Rush was talking the other day about New York and how 40,000 people pay the majority of the taxes that run the city for everyone else. And if even half of those 40,000 decide they’ve had enough of carrying that load, (while all the while being vilified for being greedy, rich fat-cats) and move away, it will have a major impact.
Your tagline makes me wonder - is anyone on this thread actively “shrugging” or planning to do so, and if so, in what way?
Rand was deadly accurate when it comes to foretelling the consequences of government and business getting in bed together. I’ve seen “Atlas Shrugged” called “cartoonish and shallow” but, if AS is cartoonish, what does that make our current society, which resembles AS so well?