Had a college friend whose entire family went Galt during the Carter years because job commutes became impossible, living on a family friend’s farm and doing work that saved him from buying 6 digits worth of farm equipment. I mean totally Galt to the level of a pioneer leaving for Oregon, down to their pastor coming to bless them goodbye for what they figured was forever.
Then Ronnie got elected. Their return and ‘reunion’ about 5 years later was pretty damn joyous.
The take-away point in citing a Carter experience in a Venezuela thread is that it can happen in the USA, and in short order. And come to think about it, I suspect we missed a big leap in that direction earlier last month.