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It's a direct quote, except in the original, the first instance of "code" is actually "code of morality". OP could not have written that paragraph.
by javert 14y ago
It's a direct quote, except in the original, the first instance of "code" is actually "code of morality".
OP could not have written that paragraph.
- mkopinsky 14y agoWow. That only makes this that much more amazing.
- nirvana 14y agoIt probably doesn't make much sense taken without any context, so the best way to understand what's being said here is to remember that Rand escaped communist Russia. Imagine you're a russian and you're taught that the "code of morality" is to sacrifice for the proletariat (which really amounts to the politburo's whims) and that when the wheat harvest fails to be sufficient, it is not caused by the inefficiencies of central planning, but by the greed of individuals who didn't sufficiently sacrifice themselves for the good of all.
- legutierr 14y ago"centuries of scourges and disasters" Is she really talking about communism here, or something else?
- javert 14y agothe best way to understand what's being said here is to remember that Rand escaped communist Russia No, not at all. The best--in fact, the only--way to understand what's being said here is to read the fucking book (Atlas Shrugged).