O-Land News Junkie Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 When the blue bloods started stripping away governmental safeguards and protections against plundering the commonwealth [...] the message to the executive class was clear: it's OK to be greedy, it's safe and even admirable to steal, the ends justify the means, and people are just objects of expediency. [....] There is even a body of philosophy to support these elitists, not the least of which are Machiavelli's 'The Prince' and Nietzsche's 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra' [...]. Ayn Rand also wrote about the individual transcending the mediocrity of the mob and the inappropriateness of society limiting his reach.http://randex.org/index.php/weblog/are_the...rs_and_thieves/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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