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To: SeekAndFind; Publius
“He stepped to the window and pointed to the skyscrapers of the city. He said that we had to extinguish the lights of the world, and when we would see the lights of New York go out, we would know that our job was done.” ― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
2 posted on 05/16/2019 8:38:48 AM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger
Very similar to an analogy I heard when the McGovernites (who would be moderates by today's standards) first took over the Democrat Party:

Socialism requires millions of extra bureaucrats to ration the shortages; Capitalism requires millions of extra sales people to market the surplus.

38 posted on 05/17/2019 6:30:30 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys all aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Red Badger

Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

The favorite book of FR ??..Suspect so....

Should be required reading for all high-schoolers/college freshmen....


39 posted on 05/17/2019 6:39:10 AM PDT by litehaus (A memory toooo long.............)
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