Galt DID NOT set out to collapse the economy.
He “sat out” from participating, knowing that the system they created would collapse
He did not want the system to collapse, he did not want them to create such a system that required him to be an unwilling participant.
Like forcing him to buy health insurance.
If we ALL ‘went Galt’ Obamacare would collapse- even though none of us wants that.
“Galt DID NOT set out to collapse the economy.”
Yes he did, if you presume he knew the demands of his strike would never be met. Which I do.
“He ‘sat out’ from participating, knowing that the system they created would collapse”
Exactly. Not just that, he also convinced an array of geniuses to also sit out. What’s more, his comrads, Francisco and Ragnar, engaged in active sabotage. So what’s our disagreement?
“He did not want the system to collapse, he did not want them to create such a system that required him to be an unwilling participant.”
The system requiring people to work for others against their will already existed. If not legally (that is, before Galt starts the collapse; after his plan’s in swing, the legally tyranny really takes off), in the very least morally. Galt didn’t want productive people to be moral or legal slaves, and as such set out to “stop the wheels of the world,” which inevitably must result in collapsing the system.