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First of all, Mario citing a flaming liberal like
Friedrick von Hayek is like the devil quoting the
scripture:) and then both Fred and Mario kick Ayn Rand
in the stomach. That's too much for a girl like me to
take in one morning :))
Can you guys please wear your labels neat and nice, so
I know what I'm dealing with :))
Elisabeth
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> Fred writes:
> >
> > Of course if you're in the camp of Ann Rynd and
> The
> > Virtues of Selfishness, then there's nothing here
> > for you!
> >
> Mario observes:
> >
> It's not what there is for "me" that counts, but for
> most of the people most of the time. Besides, I
> favor
> philosophers like Adam Smith, Friedrich Von Hayek,
> Joseph Schumpeter and Milton Friedman, rather than a
> hedonist libertine like Ayn Rand, who might evn fit
> your characterisation of selfishness.
> >
> What you see as "selfishness", and its corollary
> "greed", which are negative traits, leads you to
> suggest that "selfless" and well-intentioned elites
> know what's best for everyone else. That is the
> essence of what the proponents you seem to favor
> believe, and it is the fundamental flaw in their
> belief and in the failure of their attempts to
> "help"
> those "less intelligent" than them.
> >
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