Originally Posted by biglenr Originally Posted by

I'll assume this was a serious question...



Galt is a character in the Ayn Rand novel "Atlas Shrugged". It's a novel saying that some people contribute more to society, so they should be rewarded more. Galt leads a strike against a socialist style government in a dystopic US.



It's a classical teen angst book.... All the teenagers who consider themselves intellectuals identified with Galt and some who read it can't resist referencing it. I'm not picking on the original poster at all... referencing Galt is mainstream these days.