Talk:Going Galt

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Trekkies, of course, could go galt by asking to be paid in Quatloos. Totnesmartin 06:37, 8 March 2009 (EDT)

Was it Galt's Gulch? I thought they called it Eldorado... but it's been a long time since I paid my (ugh) dues by reading that dreck. ħumanUser talk:Human 16:48, 10 March 2009 (EDT)
Officially, it was "Mulligan's Valley," after the banker who owned it, and that was what Galt called it; all its other residents called it Galt's Gulch. Mjollnir.svgListenerXTalkerX 16:54, 10 March 2009 (EDT)

They also called it Atlantis though Eldorado would have worked.--Let Them Eat Cake (talk) 15:45, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

[edit] Editorial comment

Personally, I don't care if they Go Galt, Go West, Go Commando, or Go Crazy(er), as long as they go away. How are we supposed to miss these greedhead dingbats if they're still here?

It's also rather amusing that after all this time, even the Normals are realizing the inherent truth of J. R. "Bob" Dobbs's teachings: "Repent! Quit Your Job! Slack Off!!" --Gulik 19:27, 7 March 2009 (EST)

I think my comment was funnier in the article, but I guess it isn't very "encyclopedic". --Gulik 20:35, 9 March 2009 (EDT)
Yeah, but this isn't a 'cyclopedia. PS, I like it when I hear it on RW before the Colbert Report (3/11/09 edition covered topic). ħumanUser talk:Human 02:08, 12 March 2009 (EDT)

[edit] Galt's Gulch a collective?

Let's not equivocate here; "collective" has more than one definition. Galt's Gulch would be a collective in the sense that it's a cooperative enterprise (like any society), but not in the sense that it's an enterprise that belongs to all the members of a group as common, shared, joint, communal, pooled, etc. property. (The word "cooperative" too has more than one definition. There can be cooperative activity in a capitalist society; the difference is that each participant chooses whether or not to devote his resources to particular activities, rather than being compelled to obey any central planner, whether a dictator or elected official.)

I'm not sure whether it would be correct to call Ayn Rand's organization a collective. If so, then every educational organization people donate resources to is a collective, but it's unusual to call them such. Normally being a member of a "collective" is used to mean that you belong to a commune or something similar that consumes most of the members' resources. Glideslope (talk) 10:51, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

[edit] Percentages

What percent of Galties earn more than £25 000? 171.33.222.26 (talk) 16:02, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

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