Thanks Walter, I just sent your article to the principals within my Gulch.
We are boycotting Big Box, establishing a sustenance network of farmers and ranchers and a network of protection from outside aggression. I have first hand interaction with my pork and beef producers, honey supply, maple syrup supply, raw milk, eggs, 40 acres of heritage grains forthcoming. I will have 20 raised bed gardens this summer. Apples and pears are already bearing. We have amassed a stockpile of canning and preserving supplies and equipment. The decision on how many meat chickens for the first round shall be made this weekend. This is all within 10 months of my relocation to eastern WI.
Within the group we also have pharmacists (clinical and homeopathic) and clinicians, non-progressive educators, manufacturers and assorted business entrepreneurs.......resources!
I've begun an informal teaching format using a more lay-worded presentation of The Objectivist Ethics to clarify the metaphysical value interdependency when conflicts arise out of religious belief structure. I think the permutation will result in an objective Constitution for Man. Our mortality depends upon each other and our conservation of resources, our reverence for the land that sustains us.

One who knows his lot to be the lot of all other men
Is a safe man to guide them,
One who recognizes all men as members of his own body
Is a sound man to guard them.
Laotzu

And we shall watch Rome burn.

The seething hatred the Dems in congress for Trump I found most disturbing. I watched portions of the fake impeachment proceedings and couldn't believe what I was hearing and on Friday Trumps lawyer gave it back to the Dems playing videos of their vocal hatred of Trump. I just wonder how many US citizens are really siding with the Dems.. Because we already know the millions of Americans voted for Trump and maybe the the next group the dems turn their hatred toward when the impeachment sham is finished. Then on top of that making it impossible to buy or own firearms and ammo. while JB pleads for unity his party is trying to tear the country apart. I just wonder when the rip occurs will it be neighbor against neighbor because I know where I live that could very well happen. What scares me even more was a statement by a guest on Coast to Coast AM that his sources are telling him that China is building containers that are able house Chinese troops and be delivered in multiple containers on one ship to invade US soil.

Enjoyable read, WDonway. Also a warning not to be dismissed. Like others here, we are prepping as best we can, but the biggest challenge is communication. We financially support those sites that use reason rather than emotion and are watching as they come under attack by psychotics. Our grandchildren...what will their lives be like...

I know they made Atlas Shrugged on DVD discs but not sure about Fountainhead. A buddy tells me it could be found in B&W but is/was it worth buying and watching?