A little while ago, I wrote an article on "Five Things the Right Can Learn from Ayn Rand." Afterwards, a reader suggested I should do a follow-up on what the left can learn from Ayn Rand. Well, the mind reels. They could stand to learn the same five things, of course, particularly the point about "pathological altruism." And there's so much more. There's the absurdity of haggling over the redistribution of wealth without asking who produces the wealth in the first place, and how they do it. There is Ayn Rand's examination of how government controls hurt the common man (and yes, she was concerned about that) while it rewards wealthy cronies with good Washington connections. There is the way free speech disappears when the government controls the whole economy. There is the way science sells its soul when it allows itself to become a tool of government policy, which is a major subplot of
The One Thing the Left Can Learn from Ayn Rand
The One Thing the Left Can Learn from Ayn…
The One Thing the Left Can Learn from Ayn Rand
A little while ago, I wrote an article on "Five Things the Right Can Learn from Ayn Rand." Afterwards, a reader suggested I should do a follow-up on what the left can learn from Ayn Rand. Well, the mind reels. They could stand to learn the same five things, of course, particularly the point about "pathological altruism." And there's so much more. There's the absurdity of haggling over the redistribution of wealth without asking who produces the wealth in the first place, and how they do it. There is Ayn Rand's examination of how government controls hurt the common man (and yes, she was concerned about that) while it rewards wealthy cronies with good Washington connections. There is the way free speech disappears when the government controls the whole economy. There is the way science sells its soul when it allows itself to become a tool of government policy, which is a major subplot of