“We’re after power and we mean it. You fellows were pikers, but we know the real trick, and you’d better get wise to it. There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them...you create a nation of lawbreakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that’s the system, Mr. Rearden.”
Very apropos Ayn Rand quote. As each year passes, I am increasingly awestruck by just how prescient she really was. She grew up under totalitarianism, and thus was able to detect the early trend here in the USA. Too bad more people didn’t heed her warnings....Now we get to live out Atlas Shrugged. The question is, Who is our John Galt?