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Not sure what your rant against Rand has to to with the quote in this context? Whenever someone uses "alea iacta est" to make a point, it's usually not the case to discuss Julius Caesar.

Jeez, it took you all of three sentences to get "Self-centered philosophies" in there in your hate-on for the economic portion of Rand's philosophy.

This thread and the quote to which you responded are really about the creation of criminals by those in power through the manipulation of arbitrary law.

This is not Ayn Rand quote per se. In a sense that was public secret for anyone living in Eastern Europe at the time - got a few relatives that made a few trips to the concentration camps. That if you got authorities attention there would be more than enough crimes on which to convict you.

The humor in your reply is that many non-Randians -- especially people in government -- see themselves as essential to society, and give themselves additional power and prestige on that basis.