Going Galt: Why men are boycotting marriage, fatherhood and the American Dream

Posted by ShrugInArgentina 11 years, 4 months ago to Culture

I think it's great that Matt Lewis used the expression "Going Galt" in the headline.

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Posted by Eudaimonia 11 years, 4 months ago

As I often say, "A man needs a bitter, angry feminist like bicycle needs a fish."

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Posted by Spinkane 11 years, 4 months ago

After years of censoring speech to conform to political correctness there is little you can get a white man to say on either subject.

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  Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 4 months ago
  
  That is only piece of the puzzle that we/you need to stop going along with (if you ever did)...PC needs to be killed dead so we can have true, honest, important conversations again. People being scared to say what they're REALLY thinking is only doing us harm. I can't get people to talk about ANYthing important...so they're either scared of being perceived as insensitive or they're complete brain dead rocks without an original thought... either way...it's trouble. THAT's what SCARES ME! (And why the hell are people so damned quick to be offended? I have no tolerance for the easily offended. People need to grow up.) Sorry Spin...popped a cork there.
  
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    Posted by rockymountainpirate 11 years, 4 months ago
    
    I'm offended that you were offended that I was offended about being offended......... Who Is John Galt?
    
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      Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 4 months ago
      
      Oh go offend yourself.
      
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        Posted by rockymountainpirate 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        Lol. It does get to be circular logic after awhile doesn't it.
        
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    Posted by Non_mooching_artist 11 years, 4 months ago
    
    Did you offend yourself? ;-)
    
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      Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 4 months ago
      
      No...not this time.
      
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Posted by khalling 11 years, 4 months ago

here am I, the bitter female, with the machete, cutting through the bullshit, so reason can get a little more sunlight. ugh.

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  Posted by Eudaimonia 11 years, 4 months ago
  
  I doubt highly that you are who I am referring to.
  
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    Posted by khalling 11 years, 4 months ago
    
    I'm bitter about the BS! there's sooo much of it-and no one gets the real point
    
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      Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 4 months ago
      
      What's the real point....name it.
      
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        Posted by khalling 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        stupid little rituals which are just camouflage. are we having high tea or discussing what's wrong with our nation! so much is boiled down into minutia that's not importante
        
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        Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        Ooooh. That! Good point.. I hate when I got caught in the minutia! ....wait.... minutia/meandering....? No I take that back. Sometimes I like the minutia. Don't tread on me. (And tea is nice sometimes... I've recently discovered...)
        
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      Posted by Eudaimonia 11 years, 4 months ago
      
      Agreed!
      
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    Posted by khalling 11 years, 4 months ago
    
    of course not! why won't you hold a gal's purse? even if she's headed to the retiring room?
    
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      Posted by Eudaimonia 11 years, 4 months ago
      
      I will open her door.
      I will pull out her chair.
      I will walk on the traffic side of the road.
      I will carry all of her other carriables.
      However, holding a purse is emasculating, and is symbolic of beta-male status.
      I believe that a woman who cares about me will not insist on it.
      I will gladly guard her purse, but not hold it.
      
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        Posted by Rocky_Road 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        "I will open her door."
        
        Me too!
        
        On left turns, doing about 50.
        
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        Posted by Non_mooching_artist 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        You are a devil!
        
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        Posted by Rocky_Road 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        But not THE devil.
        
        He sleeps in the East Wing...like a bat, hanging from the ceiling.
        
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        Posted by Non_mooching_artist 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        Deep guano, that's what we are in...
        
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        Posted by Rocky_Road 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        I like the comeback!
        
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        Posted by khalling 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        ok, occasional guarding is fine. this is kinda funny. I used to play this game in my 20s with my husband. catch me whenever I decide to fall. he warned me, several times.....
        and then, one time...
        
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        Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        I think you're in the min-u-tia.....
        
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        Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        You should teach a class :)
        I used to get annoyed when my husband wouldn't hold my purse...for just a second even (many years ago, prior to marriage)...but then there were times he wanted me to carry his wallet..in my purse... I was like..UM..wait..you won't hold my purse for a split second but you want me to carry your wallet?? I lost...it's NOT the same thing...but hey I tried. lol My Dad would never hold a purse either...and he had 5 daughters.
        
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        Posted by eilinel 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        My husband and son will hold mine when required, but only with two fingers and arm extended, so it's obvious they're not "carrying" it.... :)
        
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        Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        I tested my 20 year old son the other night..."Hey, can you grab my purse?" He bent over and picked it without batting an eye. After telling him of this conversation he said, "You're my Mom...I wouldn't do it for my girlfriend." lol
        
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    Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 4 months ago
    
    Eud...I have a question.
    If your wife asks you to hold her purse... do you?
    
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      Posted by Rocky_Road 11 years, 4 months ago
      
      "If your wife asks you to hold her purse... do you? "
      
      In the middle of a coital act...'NO'!
      
      I have enough trouble keeping my man purse out of the way....
      
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        Posted by khalling 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        hahahahahaha
        and keeping your shoes on
        
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        Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        I meant at the store...or somewhere.. Heck mine won't hold mine if I'm driving and his hands are empty in his lap. If I put it in his lap...it goes right on the floor. lol
        
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        Posted by Rocky_Road 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        "I meant at the store..."
        
        So did I.
        
        We shop late at night...more 'parking' spaces!
        
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        Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        Wicked.
        
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      Posted by Eudaimonia 11 years, 4 months ago
      
      No.
      She no longer asks, she knows the answer.
      
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        Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        lol YES! Then you're one of the few unwussified men left in America :) (Which I already knew of course.)
        
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  Posted by LeeCrites 11 years, 4 months ago
  
  Frankly, I am *NOT* one of those dudes who finds an armed woman sexy... :-O
  
  They normally scare the poop right out of me! and if she looks like she is in "that time of the month," I'll poop things I haven't eaten yet!
  
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    Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 4 months ago
    
    I can't speak for anyone for myself but...I don't carry a gun to be sexy.... if I make a man poop things he hasn't eaten yet, ...then...mission accomplished. Hold my purse???? :)
    
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      Posted by LeeCrites 11 years, 4 months ago
      
      Only if it still has your gun in it...
      
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        Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        My gun doesn't go in my purse... but if it did do you think I'd ask you to hold it?
        
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        Posted by Rocky_Road 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        You would have him hold your purse, so that you could get the preferred two handed shot off.
        
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        Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        ...because dropping it isn't a quicker option? "Here, hold my purse, that man is about to kill me...hurry, take it! I need both my hands! C'mon, I'm serious I need you to hold my purse!" That's crazier than keeping it in my purse, "Wait a second, mean serial killer man, I need to dig in my purse for a second... I hope that's okay...just a sec." sigh.
        
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        Posted by khalling 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        ok whose gun is in whose pocket....book
        
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        Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        RR's is in his purse and LeeCrites is holding it. (I'm not sure what's going on there, but I'm staying out of it.)
        
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        Posted by LeeCrites 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        I agree -- I have discovered that staying out of someone else's purse is always the best policy...
        
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        Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        lol...but you're holding RR's purse??
        
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        Posted by Rocky_Road 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        It was a joke: I assumed that LeeCrites was your target!
        
        Apparently, you have zeroed in on ME... ;-)
        
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        Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        LeeCrites is not a threat to me... and neither-are-you. Right?
        
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        Posted by LeeCrites 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        Hey, I'm not a threat to anyone here...
        ...at least I don't *think* I am.
        
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        Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        ...I was making a gun point. This misunderstanding that people who carry guns use them willy nilly when in fact it's only there in case an imminent threat presents itself. Only if...period. (Bob Beckel is doing this right now on the Five... clueless bastard.)
        
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        Posted by LeeCrites 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        I understand -- I was just playing with you.
        
        I do not feel threatened by an honest person with a weapon. I actually feel quite at ease about it.
        
        I have felt threatened by people with guns only 3 times in my life. The last two were Oakland police officers; the first was a police officer in Spain. In all three cases, I was just standing there -- an innocent bystander, as it were. But the police officer was so out of control that I was literally worried for my life.
        
        A gun in the hands (or purse or backpack or whatever) of an honest person is the safest thing I can think of.
        
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        Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        I point for not having irrational fears....and for having rational ones too. lol (That should be two points...)
        
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        Posted by Rocky_Road 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        For today, anyway! ;-)
        
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        Posted by LeeCrites 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        I'm thinking no matter which way I answer this one, I'll just get myself into more trouble... ;-)
        
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        Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        Does that mean I just won?? :)
        
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        Posted by LeeCrites 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        It means I concede to your position.... ;-)
        
        And you didn't even have to take out your gun!
        
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        Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        That wouldn't be winning, that would coercing...and threatening. I'm not a looter!
        I won...(I have forgotten what we were debating, but I'll take the win all the same. lol)
        
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        Posted by LeeCrites 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        I'll give it to you -- and a point as well... ;-)
        
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        Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        You can't give it...I already took it.
        
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        Posted by LeeCrites 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        But I *gave* you the point... ;-)
        
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        Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        Thanks...but stop it. :)
        
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        Posted by LeeCrites 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        Hang on... when I clicked on the uppy-pointy-thingy, it went to 3 -- so someone else took one away... it wasn't me, I swear! I did the uppy-pointy-thingy just like I said..........
        
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        Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        I guess that means someone hit the downy pointy thingy. (PS. never give me points.)
        
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        Posted by khalling 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        this happens with LS, just give in to it and GIVE her points. she hates that
        
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        Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        Oh..here comes the cavalry.. Thanks kh.
        
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        Posted by Rocky_Road 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        Right...and "the check is in the mail." LOL
        
        Don't worry, I can give her a point and fix it, if you want.
        
        Here it comes!
        
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        Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        Grrrrrrr
        
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        Posted by Rocky_Road 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        Want me to remove it????
        
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        Posted by khalling 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        make her keep grrrring-LS, guys like that, duh
        
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        Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        lol.....looks like you already did. Feel free to hit the downy pointy thingy all you want. I look ridiculous.
        
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Posted by ShruginArgentina 11 years, 4 months ago

And I also wonder why Matt used the expression as "Going Galt" has little (if anything) to do with marriage or fatherhood.

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  Posted by Rocky_Road 11 years, 4 months ago
  
  I think that it fits in spirit.
  
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Posted by LeeCrites 11 years, 4 months ago

A woman who doesn't *need* a man, and not only knows it, but doesn't mind *saying* it, could quickly become a decidedly unpleasant thing to have around the house.

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  Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 4 months ago
  
  Needing and wanting are 2 different things. I'd rather be wanted than needed, but that's just me.
  
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    Posted by LeeCrites 11 years, 4 months ago
    
    The "need" part wasn't the point -- it was the "doesn't mind saying it" that was. If a woman "wants" a man, she can have one -- we are cheap and easy and disposable. At least in the feminist mind.
    
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      Posted by Non_mooching_artist 11 years, 4 months ago
      
      Cheap and easy, yes, disposable, no. I find the other half of my marriage to be wanted, and I look forward to seeing him every day. :-) He thinks so, about me as well.
      
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        Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        lol cheap and easy NOW...but in the beginning? No way. Work for it and earn it lol. (Here's a conversation we JUST had... Him: "Thanks for going grocery shopping." (Big laugh from me....) Me:"You're welcome! Thanks for mowing the lawn." Bliss lol.)
        
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        Posted by Non_mooching_artist 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        In the beginning, I agree, no way, but later, as you said above, "NOW", well, it's open season..
        
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        Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        Cheap and easy any ol time. We've proved our worth and earned every bit. NOT disposable.
        
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      Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 4 months ago
      
      This works both ways.... someone who doesn't mind having someone who's cheap deserves cheap. Have some rigid principals....and by "principles", I mean principles. (Don't be cheap, easy and disposable and you won't be treated as such.)
      
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        Posted by rockymountainpirate 11 years, 4 months ago
        
        Well said. We do teach people how to treat us, and if we don't think we're worth the very best neither will the other half.
        
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      Posted by LeeCrites 11 years, 4 months ago
      
      I'm glad to know there are so many happily married couples here! Glad to be in such good company.
      
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