Excellent analysis. Weakness is the reason why some posturing fools can extract surplus from productive workers. Various answers have been proposed by differen

Excellent analysis. Weakness is the reason why some posturing fools can extract surplus from productive workers. Various answers have been proposed by different philosophy - from a worker revolution which michaelochurch seems to support (correct me if I'm wrong), ala Marx, to just refusing to submit and do your own thing aside, ala Atlas Shrugged. I for one would prefer this last option, but that's just my opinion. Ayn Randt wrote nothing new - she just wrote it better than La Boetie did in 1553 - almost 500 years ago: : To him, the great mystery of politics was obedience to rulers. Why in the world do people agree to be looted and otherwise oppressed by government overlords? It is not just fear, Boetie explains in “The Discourse on Voluntary Servitude,” for our consent is required. And that consent can be non-violently withdrawn. The most important is to have at least a bit of stoicism, because behind weakness is fear - the fear to lose something. Weakness is the reason, but fear is the cause. Give up your fears, accept the possibility of loss in advance, every morning, and weakness will vanish.