Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand: there is a parallel to be drawn between Ayn Rand's protagonists following John Galt's lead, withdrawing from socialist society and people deciding to denominate their savings in Bitcoin: we are opting out of the dilutive fiat system just like they are opting out of a society that has institutionalysed theft. The values driving Ayn Rand's heroes are eerily close to that of most bitcoiners although, how many have read Ayn Rand in the space?

“I swear—by my life and my love of it—that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.”: These are the pre-requisites to joining Galt's Gultch, his hidden valley. Similarly, bitcoiners are not fleeing a fiat regime as much as they are getting away from the socialist ideology that is feeding on it. Whether to provide for the parasites running governments or for the needy populace electing them into power, the socialist system of redistribution is at the heart of the fiscal runaway and demonatisation.