Another fasinating editorial by Robert Tracinski that compares the current situation in Venezuela to the situation encountered in Ayn Rand's magnificent novel, "Atlas Shrugged." If you haven't read the book, pick up that book and check the link after you finish . Atlas is hands down my personal favorite and is an inspirational masterpiece.

The parallels between fiction and fact are striking. In Ayn Rand's novel, America is sliding into an economic dictatorship, so inventors and businessmen lead a secret walk-out, withdrawing their support from the "looters" who want to plunder the wealth they create. They declare that they won't return until the looters relinquish power.

Rand's working title for the novel was "The Strike." In an era of frequent, sometimes violent strikes by factory workers, it was shockingly original to suggest that the entrepreneurs, inventors and capitalists might go on strike.