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| Freedom or coercion? |
Why vote for the Libertarian Party if they're sure to lose? Because you win! |
| H.L. Mencken |
Author of "A Treatise on Right and Wrong," which in February 1934 formed the basis of much of what Ayn Rand
later compiled into a biocentric code of virtue ethics. "If there
arose tomorrow a band of fanatics advocating cannibalism that was as daring
in political enterprise and as skillful in rounding up morons as the Anti-Saloon
League was in 1919, two Congressmen out of three would be converted to
its gospel instantly, and three public-school teachers out of four would
probably be serving it as evangelists within a month. In the field of government
all the ethical sanctions simply cease to be." |
Ayn Rand
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Transplanted from Russia in 1926, this young philosopher saw altruism unleashed
in Bolshevism and glorified in Eisenstein's first film, the Russian silent
movie "Strike." She lived through the Crash of 1929, read H.L.
Mencken whom, in July 1934, she addressed as "the greatest representative
of a philosophy" to which she wanted to dedicate her life, and went
on to write Atlas Shrugged -- a devastating response to both "Strike" and the earlier Bible of altruistic collectivism "Equality" written by Edward Bellamy. Get it free from Project Gutenberg: Equality
is the exact opposite of Atlas Shrugged. |
| William Graham Sumner |
Sumner is best known for a series of essays on The Forgotten Man--which the Merriam-Webster's and Random House dictionaries lie about in
their definitions. Although too weak on fundamentals to properly debunk
Edward Bellamy's rhetorical assaults on individual rights, Sumner made
important contributions to political philosophy, ethics and economics.
His writings inspired Henry Louis Mencken and Ayn Rand, both of whom refer
to his Forgotten Man in its true and original sense, undistorted by looter
politicians. |
| India, 28 March 1893 |
Hear this speech by Dadabhai Naoroji on how England overtaxed India during
the crisis of 1893. In 15 minutes covers the Salt Tax on hewers of wood
and drawers of water to support exploitation by foreign invaders. |
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