This is John Galt speaking. Those of you who know me know I need no introduction; I am the man who is stealing your excuses. Forget the editorial. For those of you who want to know why you are perishing, whose starvation for knowledge drives you to inquiry, I am the man who will tell you.

You have grown weak from a state that disallows capitalism; you victimize the corporations as a sad justification. Well, I have gone on strike, and taken the state, corporations, and the entrepreneurs on strike with me. The Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 and the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 attempted to keep the spirit pure, but you’ve failed.

You wanted to merge AT&T; you wanted to join them with T-Mobile to create an infinite pool of excuses for your lack of industry. It destroys being, and all that which destroys being is evil, only that which creates it is good. Capitalism thrives on competition. Those who are strong shall thrive and rise to the top, while those who are weak and insolent are bred out of the business population. The AT&T merger removes the drive for survival; under a single entity all are equally unproductive.

You sought to create a monster of blame by creating a new number one, a new target for your assault you’d be free from your own industry. No labor is allowed in a monopoly, no competition, no ingenuity can thrive under its rule. How convenient of an excuse. The liberal editorialists would like to spout liberal propaganda, don’t buy it for a second.

The reason we must block monopolies is capitalism. It is subjection to struggle that makes us strong, not protection from it. This is the age of a moral crisis where work is antagonized. We must come to the recognition that man has only his survival. He is given a body, but existence is not promised. We must fight for existence, which you no longer wish to do. So instead we choose not to exist, we let others act for us, we create a monopoly to rule the market.

To remain alive you must act. AT&T wishes to depredate your action with a $39 billion buy-out of T-Mobile. No man’s life, possible through achievement alone, can be realized in this reality. The issue is not the monopolies jacking up prices or the reduction in their quality; they are entitled to do so. The issue is your inability to act. Hard labor, pride in production, deep-rooted competition: These are what capitalism is about.

I have refused to allow it, for I have recognized its laziness. You must be forced into competition as much as possible. “Only A can equal A,” only deeply inspiring work can solve us of this menace of immorality we face. What fosters new creations is desirous, capitalism is the creative force we need.