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The Galt and the Lamers and the Great Drywall of China 2

The last four days, my local rag has recapped the story of the killer Chinese dry wall, which destroyed houses and families.

If you want a preview of life in a Randian paradise of unbridled individualism, lack of accountability, absence of regulation, and rampant greed, read it.

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  1. George Smith

    July 2, 2014 at 11:01 am

    The story never gets around to telling what -exactly- was in the Chinese drywall. There is some literature on it. The answer is sulfide compounds, some toxic, some a little less so. They pervade the house, one compound converting to sulfuric acid, the latter which corrodes the wiring, at the very least. Sulfuric is one of three strong acids and is very corrosive to skin, it chars it. It’s a discouraging story because this is the nature of the country, the corporate paradise. We made it.

     
  2. Frank

    July 2, 2014 at 11:20 pm

    The series does explain that the drywall gave off hydrogen sulfide. What component of the drywall produced that was likely inaccessible to the Pilot and, frankly, irrelevant to the larger story, which is that no one paid but the victims.

    It is the Randian Paradise in action.

     
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