"If a small group of men were always regarded as guilty... " - Ayn Rand

Posted by GaltsGulch 9 years, 10 months ago to The Gulch: General
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"If a small group of men were always regarded as guilty, in any clash with any other group, regardless of the issues or circumstances involved, would you call it persecution? ... If your answer is "yes" - then ask yourself what sort of monstrous injustice you are condoning, supporting, or perpetrating. That group is the American businessmen..." - Ayn Rand

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  • Posted by MountainLady 9 years, 10 months ago
    Rand's comment has many applications. And that is one reason I dislike the term and concept of "minority" or "interest group".

    Additionally, now one can defame an entire group, rather than an individual.
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  • Posted by $ MikeMarotta 9 years, 10 months ago
    And, yet, we have that same anti-capitalist mentality here in the Gulch. The financial workers in NYC are called "looters" and "banksters" (like "gangsters"). Oxfam condemns the rich for "income inequality" and others here pile on.
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  • Posted by $ jbrenner 9 years, 10 months ago
    Rand's statement about American businessmen is more true now than it was at any point during her lifetime.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 10 months ago
    That's a new one and thanks speaks to the unfettering of capitalism and the fettering of socialism in my mind.
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