""A “mixed economy” disintegrates a country into an institutionalized civil war of pressure groups, each fighting for legislative favors and special privileges at the expense of one another. The existence of such pressure groups and of their political lobbies is openly and cynically acknowledged today. The pretense at any political philosophy, any principles, ideals or long-range goals is fast disappearing from our scene—and it is all but admitted that this country is now floating without direction, at the mercy of a blind, short-range power game played by various statist gangs, each intent on getting hold of a legislative gun for any special advantage of the immediate moment. In the absence of any coherent political philosophy, every economic group has been acting as its own destroyer, selling out its future for some momentary privilege. The policy of the businessmen has, for some time, been the most suicidal one in this respect. Later on in the article: The “liberals” are guilty of the same contradiction, but in a different form. They advocate the sacrifice of all individual rights to unlimited majority rule—yet posture as defenders of the rights of minorities. But the smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights, cannot claim to be defenders of minorities."" -Ayn Rand Article written by Ayn Rand over 50 years ago about racism in the U.S. during the height of the Civil Rights Movement. If you have 10 minutes it is definitely worth your time. ttp://forbes/sites/realspin/2013/07/01/in-light-of-the-supreme-courts-ruling-a-look-back-to-ayn-rand/
Posted on: Wed, 03 Jul 2013 00:17:54 +0000
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