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Tommy_Carcetti

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8. It's all the same, "I'm taking my ball and going home" mindset, though.

Reply to Tansy_Gold (Reply #5)

Mon Nov 12, 2012, 10:43 AM

Nov 2012

All too prevelant with Rand. See "The Fountainhead" as well.

Not a perfect analogy, but still apt nonetheless.

And yes, Ayn Rand was a nut and a shitty writer.

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These CEOs who are "Going Galt" and threatening their own employees in the process..... [View all] Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2012 OP

Pompous fools with delusions of grandeur. nt bemildred Nov 2012 #1

I'd like to know from whom they think they make Fawke Em Nov 2012 #2

seriously immoral. i am getting more and more pissed about this. little children having a tantrum seabeyond Nov 2012 #3

It's bad business, on top of everything else. Kber Nov 2012 #4

You are so right. Sheldon Cooper Nov 2012 #14

None of them has "gone Galt." Not. One. Tansy_Gold Nov 2012 #5

yikes quinnox Nov 2012 #6

No, not grumpy at all Tansy_Gold Nov 2012 #9

alrighty, but reading anything by this quinnox Nov 2012 #10

Sounds like You've Read It Too Much. Paladin Nov 2012 #12

It's all the same, "I'm taking my ball and going home" mindset, though. Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2012 #8

It's an expression the meaning of which we can glean. So being literal about it is like WinkyDink Nov 2012 #15

The point is Tansy_Gold Nov 2012 #17

Thank you for writing this. Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #18

Thanks, and LOL Tansy_Gold Nov 2012 #19

The Free Market that they profess to love so much will BITE THEM IN THE ASS. Ikonoklast Nov 2012 #7

The key here is: Buy from or work for the COMPETITION. DinahMoeHum Nov 2012 #11

Remember what happened at Circuit City? closeupready Nov 2012 #13

Very simple solution. Employees get together and file to put the companies in receivership stevenleser Nov 2012 #16