I always thought it was bizarre that Rand emigrated to the USA with her blinkers firmly on…

The Randian adaptation of that Greek myth, however, is preposterous. There’s never once been a free market in the libertarian’s mythic sense, in which those who succeed the most do so purely by their personal productivity so that they alone deserve all the credit and profits. Luck plays a role in capitalist success, as does sheer villainy (that is, exploitation of women and children, colonialism, slavery, union-busting, false advertising, corporate backstabbing, and so on). And in democracies, the government supports the private sector in countless ways, such as by buildin…
The Sophistry of Ayn Rand’s Case for Ethical Selfishness
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Benjamin Cain
Aza Y. Alam
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Jan 18, 2023
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I always thought it was bizarre that Rand emigrated to the USA with her blinkers firmly on, regarding the levels of exploitation that the industrialists she admired, founded their enterprises upon. And not once did she ever condemn the enslavement of black people upon which America was founded . As fo rthe Native Americans… also a deafening silence from her and her self-absorbed followers.
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