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Ha, I read Ayn Rand 20 years ago, before the last stages of anarcho-capitalism revealed how vapid and destructive that non-philosophy to be. I don't feel entit
by titzer 3y ago
Ha, I read Ayn Rand 20 years ago, before the last stages of anarcho-capitalism revealed how vapid and destructive that non-philosophy to be.
I don't feel entitled to anything, but I do think you get what you pay for. And America has been paying for a shitty government and has a shitty government with no serious hope of fighting off the endlessly metastasizing corporate ticks that are constantly rent-seeking, penning us in to less and less choice, and then gaslighting the most gullible into thinking that it's the "free market" or whatever.
But yeah, keep thinking about people who want a functioning society as "looters" or whatever. We just want people to pay their taxes, especially rich people who can frickin afford it.
- nemo44x 3y agoRich people pay almost all the taxes. America isn’t perfect but it’s pretty good overall. The government is made up of the people. Complaining about it like it’s the cable company not delivering good enough service is ridiculous. Get in there and make the change you want to see. Get involved. I’m not Randian but I do agree that it’s problematic how some people believe they’re entitled to the property of others. That they should be included because they exist and support policy that confiscates, mainly out if greed and envy. It’s mainly people that think they should be amongst the elite and they aren’t. Which to them is proof the country is bad.