Women... Victims du jour.
“ The common good of a collective — a race, a class, a state — was the claim and justification of every tyranny ever established over men. Every major horror of history was committed in the name of an altruistic motive. Has any act of selfishness ever equaled the carnage perpetrated by disciples of altruism? Does the fault lie in men’s hypocrisy or in the nature of the principle? The most dreadful butchers were the most sincere. The believed in the perfect society reached through the guillotine and the firing squad. Nobody questioned their right to murder since they were murdering for an altruistic purpose. It was accepted that man must be sacrificed for other men. Actors change, but the course of the tragedy remains the same. A humanitarian who starts with the declarations of love for mankind and ends with a sea of blood. It goes on and will go on so long as men believe that an action is good if it is unselfish. That permits the altruist to act and forces his victims to bear it. The leaders of collectivist movements ask nothing of themselves. But observe the results.”
Ayn Rand
Our history is just circles.
Ayn changed my life. She was pure atheism. Ok. I’m pure Christ. Ok? Their is no perfection here on Earth. We do have laws, Natural and Civil Laws that gave Ayn the “privilege” to write her books that changed the lives of millions including me.
I will defend the Constitution with a butter knife to give the likes of better people like Ayn to discuss her philosophies as Western Civ and Constitustional Law have provided the greatest freedoms for all mankind to achieve regardless of race, creed or color.
I believe Ayn is looking down saying the same thing. That is just my humble opinion.
The world right now is going through a crony/Socialist fit that I only wish Ayn and Orwell were here to watch. Both predicted this state, both are geniuses.