Like Prince Charming he is a figure of myth that people wait for rather then rolling up their sleeves and getting to work themselves on their problems.
The "Great and Perfect Leader that shall unite us all" does not exist either. We have to work with what we have.
The sooner we learn this the better off we will be.
Don't be so hasty, harmless.
Out of the ashes arises the phoenix. I'm sure that there is a William Wallace or Patrick Henry out there somewhere.
It could be you...........................
In "Atlas Shrugged", Galt is not a leader, he is the man who says "no" to the socialists by going away. He encourages other productive individuals, men of the mind, to walk away from their work; to disappear, and thus deny the socialists the real capital on which they need to feed; the ability of the individual to think and produce.
The point of John Galt is not for us to sit on our asses and wait to be rescued. The point is to show us that, ultimately, we, the people, are responsible for our own outcome. He was an example...he showed just how far we'd have to roll up our sleeves to "git 'er done". My sleeves are up to my elbows, pretty soon I'll be sleeveless! But, I will roll up my own sleeves, and I'll get 'er done myself.
Waiting to be rescued by the gov is like waiting to be rescued from the Titanic....the only ones who survived were the ones who took to the lifeboats and rowed like hell!