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To: fireman15

She saw socialism warping the market. She did not see her own top down enforced amorality warping the human character and society to where economic socialism would be guarenteed via dysfunction. She did not see humanism’s political correctness replacing Christian morals and ethics in a top/down elitist rule.

Like most atheists, she understoodmaterialism and service to self (darwinism). It does not work on a cultural level for a free nation. It is amoral and without direction and inspiration. It is animalistic and legalistic.


34 posted on 08/22/2012 5:46:25 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: SaraJohnson
Ayn Rand never advocated “her own top down enforced amorality”. She strongly objected to “top/down elitest rule”. So I disagree with your basic premises.

I have been swindled frequently over the years by persons who convinced me to give them things by appealing to my Christianity or convincing me that they were good Christians. So much so that I have become suspicious of people like Obama who wear their religion on their sleeves.

A capitalist society is based on trust; people who are trustworthy get ahead because others are willing to deal with them repeatedly. Criminals or the untrustworthy do not get ahead because once they are exposed others will not deal with them. Self interest encourages its own form of morality. We are not a homogeneous society anymore. There are all sorts of peoples and cultures of all religions and belief systems interacting. Ayn Rand had little or nothing to do with this. Without intrusive government interference everything tends to work out better.

39 posted on 08/22/2012 6:17:46 PM PDT by fireman15 (Check your facts before making ignorant statements.)
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