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Meaning: (intransitive,idiomatic)To become arecluseand stop contributing to society, especially in the form oftaxes, by reducing one's work or productivity or by refusing to follow societalnormsthat one believes to be unjust.2009March 6,David Weigel, “Battling Obama by ‘Going Galt’”, inThe Washington Independent[1], archived fromthe originalon23 November 2012:Smith, who’s still mulling over ways that she can “go Galt,” sees a possibility for a moral stand. During the Iraq War, she read about a painter who’d painted less, reducing his income, in order to dodge taxes and thereby make sure he didn’t fund the war.2012November 6,The Colbert Report,Stephen Colbert(actor), via Comedy Central:We job creators are not going to take it. We aregoing Galt! Just like in Ayn Rand'sAtlas Shrugged, we are gonna leave you parasites behind and relocate to an island where only rich people can live — Manhattan!
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