The reason why there cannot be a Rand or a Von Mies at the center of the fascist philosophy is that the core tenet of this philosophy is a lie. They believe (or act as if they believe) that human beings can be molded into anything and made to believe anything. Some perhaps can but the bulk of humanity is resistant, on some level, to such social engineering. One’s own children will always take precedent, in one’s mind, over the good of the collective. That is no doubt true for everyone or at least almost everyone.
Good people and bad have this in common; they have an inherent self-interest which no amount of leftist fascist social engineering can erase. The left tells itself the lie that humans are malleable and can be made to believe anything. This is a lie and no serious intellectualizing based on this lie will stand the test of time. Reading Marx 150 years after he wrote is just intellectually embarrassing.
Bravo!
Von Mises. But it reminds me of the Mies whose style is imitated in the Fountainhead photo in the original post: Mies Van der Rohe.
Who once got into trouble with his wife, and had to spend weeks in the bauauhaus.
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