Day three results and thoughts about going galt

I just finished day three of my 12 week program on trying to bench press 300 pounds. Today's session felt great. I noticed that yesterday, after my second workout, my soreness was completely gone. I'm not sure if that has to do with adapting to a new workout or drinking whey protein after the second workout. Day three finishes the first week, so my routine switches up next week. I'll start out with the incline and then go on to the normal bench.

If you haven't tried it, whey protein is pretty cheap. You can pick up a tub of it at Walmart for $20.

While I'm writing this thing, I'm listening to the newest black brigade debrief. I love this podcast and I encourage everyone to listen to them.

Speaking of black brigade, they really encourage going Galt. I admire people who go Galt and practice minimalism and I intend to go Galt as soon as possible. The reason for this is that I am a man who thirsts for freedom.

In today's world, it feels like the power of the individual is incredibly limited. If you want to start a business, you have to go through tons of red tape. If you want to add a structure to your property or modify something, you probably need to get permission or a permit from the county or the city. If you accidentally make a traffic violation, you could get slapped with a fine up to a few hundred dollars.

If you think you have any sort of power to influence the government..., I have no idea why you would. Your one vote doesn't change anything, you need massive amounts of other people to change something.

If you are politically incorrect or you decide to voice an unpopular opinion, you could get fired/mozillaed from your job.

Lastly, you get punished for being a productive hard working citizen. Most of your tax dollars goes to pay for other people's mistakes. Your tax dollars fund welfare, food stamps, and other government wealth transfers.

Now if you go Galt, you minimize how much the government can steal from you. Personally, each year, the government takes $8000 from me in taxes and most of that goes to wealth transfers. If I just stopped working for one year and subsisted off of the wealth I've accumulated, I would be depriving the government of $8000.

Knowing that makes me feel more powerful and important than any election I could ever go to. If I stop working for 10 years and just subsist, I deny the government of $80,000.

If 10 men like me did the same thing for 10 years, we would deny the government of $800,000. It feels like capital flight except that I'm not going anywhere.

Men realize this, if you feel angry about the direction of the country and the government, realize that you are important. Realize that you do have the power to enjoy a higher quality of life by minimizing.

Of course, I could be wrong about this. If too many men did this, maybe the government would just go ahead with QE 4.