[TruthBeforeAll]

I didn’t mean she “proposes” capitalism without morals. She seems to “assume” capitalism is moral by it’s very nature. When, in reality, capitalism is a tool, like an axe, or a hammer. It can be used to support freedom, or it can be used to enslave.

[AnalogReigns]

While Rand did predict a lot of what is happening today in the West, I don't think she envisioned the kind of places like a Singapore or even a China--where free-wheeling capitalism rules the economy, even as a totalitarian elite rules the rest of life.

The secret behind the stunning "recovery" of Germany in the 1930s, was the Nazis' ability to use the capitalist systems in place, even while taking over "the rest of life" with their militaristic-totalitarian-racialist-socialist vision.

When, in reality, capitalism is a tool, like an axe, or a hammer. It can be used to support freedom, or it can be used to enslave.

Very well said.

It is freedom of conscience or religion if you will, that is the bulwark of all other freedoms.

Economic freedom, while a good thing surely, is no guarantee at all for other freedoms. Since the world is not in fact solely material--materialistic visions, such as Rand's--(or Marx's) do not and cannot ensure liberty.

[Ditto]

When, in reality, capitalism is a tool, like an axe, or a hammer. It can be used to support freedom, or it can be used to enslave.

See George Sorus.