Posted on 12/14/2022 5:14:31 PM PST by george76
Ayn Rand referred to the business and political masters (and clueless destroyers) of the economy as ‘looters.’
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One guesses that Ayn Rand, author of the 1957 dystopian novel “Atlas Shrugged,” wouldn’t be surprised by our government-business partnerships and moral crusades. Sam Bankman-Fried would fit perfectly as a character in an “Atlas Shrugged” sequel.
In Rand’s novel, a do-good industrialist collaborating with political managers of the economy opines, “It’s generally conceded that the free economy is now on trial. Unless it proves its social value and assumes its social responsibilities, the people won’t stand for it. If it doesn’t develop a public spirit, it’s done for.” He adds, “The only justification of private property is public service.”
Rand referred to the business and political masters (and clueless destroyers) of the economy as “looters.” Mr. Bankman-Fried’s save-the-planet goals were more audacious than those of the “Atlas Shrugged” utopians, but his looting turns out to be more transparent and mundane.
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I'll tell you, someone who has never learned the value of money, someone who never had to meet a payroll. Someone who never had to scrape through their cupboard to find something to eat. FTX Fat Boy never missed a meal.
With his size D cups
His parents MUST be ARRESTED ALSO!
It is worse than that. Its Obama/Biden shrugged.
They are taking us down the road to Communism and they are laughing about it.
“Looters, moochers, and second-handers”
Every day, I feel like I’m living in an Ayn Rand novel.
80 million votes only cost $4 Billion to buy. Yes, I would say the rest was laundered nicely in the Beltway 2020 model washing machine. The body politic wants to get to the bottom of FTX and Sammy boy’s ledger sheets about as much as what really happened to Jeffery Epstein or Seth Rich.
Lawyers and money......now all we need are the guns.
Ayn Rand heroes don’t really exist, but Ayn Rand villains absolutely do.
Ayn Rand heroes don’t really exist, but Ayn Rand villains absolutely do.
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I see a bit of the Hank Reardon character in Elon Musk.
These billions were never real. It was always pretend-money.
btt
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