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To: wny
It's utterly and completely wrong, and here in a nutshell is Ayn Rand's error: Until and unless you discover that money is the root of all good

NO. Money is a useful, man-made tool. (She even says as much, and then proceeds to worship a man-made tool. Idolatry never comes to a good end.) GOD is the root of all good. Until and unless you discover that Truth, you will forever fruitlessly seek "good" without even knowing what it is.

12 posted on 06/29/2022 9:16:43 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: NorthMountain
Rand is not saying the acquisition of money for money's sake, as if money is a sort of trophy, is good.

No, it's that the sound judgment, the knowledge, the skill and the perseverance necessary to be productive and thereby gain wealth is good.

The fictional character Gordon Gekko was roughly saying the same thing in his assessment that "Greed is good."

30 posted on 06/29/2022 11:44:34 AM PDT by citizen (Thieves of private property pass their lives in chains; thieves of public prop. in riches and luxury)
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