I can't find quotes from the book, but here's a summary of a fictional factory in Atlas Shrugged: "Questions of need cannot be answered objectively. Need is a

I can't find quotes from the book, but here's a summary of a fictional factory in Atlas Shrugged: "Questions of need cannot be answered objectively. Need is a vague and undefinable term in this context. At the Twentieth Century Motor Company, the group voted to decide the needs of each individual, just as the group decided the projected output of each worker based on ability. As a result, each individual was enslaved to the group; his income was determined by his ability to beg rather than by his productive effort. No worker could feel the pride that comes from earning money as a direct result of hard work." [1] I know it's a stretch, but as others have pointed out, it's a slippery slope. [1] https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/a/atlas-shrugged/summary-and-analysis/part-2-chapter-10 https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/a/atlas-shrugged/summ...