>In Atlas Shrugged, market heroes are systematically fleeced by government and incompetent competitors until the market collapses.
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>In real life, market heroes screwed up so badly they placed society in peril and forced government to intervene to prevent a market collapse.
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>Sorry, I don't see the prediction.
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>Really? Well, you must be the only one.
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>Take a look at how American physicians (and even some European physicians) have reacted to government controls. Take a look at how the FDA has stonewalled progress in the area of certain drugs.
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>I'll grant you that the auto execs needed to step down - they demonstrated poor leadership.

What I find to be strange is how many folks reject the irrefutable logic presented by Ayn.