But why does it matter? How is this worth spending life energy on?
It’s reading a long essay by a girl who wasn’t invited to a classmate’s birthday party.
Just make your own community, and call it whatever you want.
It’s reading a long essay by a girl who wasn’t invited to a classmate’s birthday party.
Just make your own community, and call it whatever you want.
The technocracy does not tolerate other communities - that’s also another of her points. The powers that drive this machine are malignant and constantly striving for monopolization and domination. Competition has become a thing to be avoided, rather than relished.
So, Ayn Rand was right in her diagnosis?
I don't see a way the free market alone could deliver us from this. Well crafted and enforced antitrust legislation seems to be the only thing that has ever worked against this kind of force. The key in that is making sure we don't elect an oligarchy who wields that antitrust to defend their interests.