Posted on 11/16/2016 3:39:47 AM PST by CapitalistCrusader
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Awesome link and information.
This is a good read. Thanks. I’ve sent it to thoughtful people who still have some doubts about Trump’s seriousness.
I didn’t base that comment on Rand’s writings. It is, rather, rooted in my own Christian understanding of human imperfection and the historical record of American and European capitalism since the mid-19th Century. Obviously, we’re arguing from different first principles from Rand. I know ... I’m a mystic ... pronounced meeee-stik. :)
I’ve no disagreement that individual rights are inviolable, though I’m an old fashioned advocate of the natural law argument: you know, governments instituted among men to secure the blessings of liberty, and all that. The problem as I see it is that when society rejects Judeo-Christian moral precepts, its governments inherently become corrupt, and use their coercive authority to do more than just securing the blessings of liberty.
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