Libertarianism is one path: an entire political party dedicated to going it alone. There are now multiple ways to quit - and multiple gurus, communities, and schools of thought to guide you.
But social media has morphed the message into something larger. Quitting used to mean being anti-government. She eventually became a conservative icon, and Atlas Shrugged, the quitter’s bible. Ayn Rand’s message: Government is rigged, America is broken, and you should quit. In 2009, following the Great Financial Crisis, half a million copies were sold. Sales spike whenever America experiences a downturn. The book was a hit, especially among disaffected people who felt the U.S. He recruits the nation’s business leaders to quit their jobs and populate his utopia.
Exhausted by a corrupt government, the hero, John Galt, packs his things and starts a self-sufficient community in an isolated valley, hidden - and separate - from the U.S. The book is set in a dystopian United States on the brink of economic collapse. Sixty years ago, Ayn Rand wrote Atlas Shrugged.
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