I think one thing that people over look when they read books like Atlas Shrugged is that for the point to be made, you have to show the extremes of the two sides in the discussion as it were. You really can not have a middle ground because it would blur the lines you are drawing too much. The accident with the Chic express I think really draws a clear picture of those that are part of the problem today.

But the points you bring up are valid, but from my perspective, the problems you mention are interwoven with the causes and good intentions to the point that they are both thier own beginning and own end.