Posted on 07/21/2013 5:41:57 PM PDT by HokieMom
Atlas ping. An article from the always perspicacious Daniel Hannan.
I cannot tell you how much this both depresses and frightens me to see things like “1984” and “Atlas Shrugged” becoming reality in front of my eyes in my lifetime.
The only thing she missed was the copper wire thieves.
In the book, thieves actually steal parts of the road into Starnesville.
excellent post
The only reason for me to return to Detroit, the vibrant city where I grew up during the 1940s-50s is for funerals of friends and relatives. Here are some before/after images of my high school which is now only an empty field of weeds...
Mackenzie is where I took drivers training.
Agree. And enough people still don’t seem to be waking up. They just want more of the same.
Heartbreaking.
Haven’t been to Detroit in 5 years or so - even then when I flew in at night to visit a supplier the next morning it struck me that there were few if any lights in the downtown area, all the lights were in the suburbs.
Detroit is still on the cutting edge. Soon all the great American industrial cities controlled by corrupt “looter” politicians will follow Detroit into ruin and bankruptcy. It’s been said right here many times: “long ago Orwell and Rand warned us about 0bama’s America”.
A couple of weeks ago I took a drive down Grand River Avenue (in Detroit). Ayn Rand’s description fits exactly.
All the great nations have been destroyed by their leaders, kings and politicians. The people never have risen to destroy their own country(?) - can’t think of one.
Then too, the Bronx in NYC where Carter visited during his presidential bid and said something to the effect that we’ll clean this up or something.http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=destroyed+bronx&qpvt=destroyed+bronx&FORM=IGRE
This picture should go viral on the web!
Obama’s America! would be a great title.
Anyway, isn't the term "dystopia" getting a little overused? Never heard Atlas Shrugged referred to as a "dystopia" til now.
Will all the idiots who voted for this put the blame where it belongs?
Socialisms muscle has flexed in Detroit.
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