[Nowhere Man]

The efforts of the working men should be seen as something noble, as creative activity of their minds, bodies and souls. They should not be forced into subsistence level by the merciless competition.

I'm with ya, buddy! I think a lot of the times, people who do not see or understand what you just posted are just as guilty of class warfare as Karl Marx is. In short, I do see a lot of the "Ayn Rand," free trader types as sort of the different side of the same coin where Marx is heads and Rand is tails. In a way, they bring it upon themselves, Marx is wrong but I don't deny that his works were a counter reaction to the abuses of the time. You have a choice between the two of getting shot in the left or right hand basically. Put it another way, they both see human beings as a commodity, a resource and ignore the spiritual aspects of all of this.

[ninenot]

In short, I do see a lot of the "Ayn Rand," free trader types as sort of the different side of the same coin where Marx is heads and Rand is tails.

Outstanding insight.

Rand=Worship of Capital, Marx=Worship of State.

Each chooses an alternative god and consequently derogates man.

It was for good reason that Bill Buckley threw Rand out of civilized conservative circles.