There’s something deeply unsettling about living in a country where millions of people froth at the mouth at the idea of giving health care to the tens of millions of Americans who don’t have it, or who take pleasure at the thought of privatizing and slashing bedrock social programs like Social Security or Medicare. It might not be as hard to stomach if other Western countries also had a large, vocal chunk of the population who thought like this, but the US is seemingly the only place where right-wing elites can openly share their distaste for the working poor. Where do they find their philosophical justification for this kind of attitude?
It turns out, you can trace much of this thinking back to Ayn Rand, a popular cult-philosopher who plays Charlie to the American right-wing’s Manson Family. Read on and you’ll see why.[/quote]
I see who’s frothing at the mouth. Having taken the oath several times in my life to protect and defend the constitution from enemies both foreign and domestic, I take umbrage with those who seek to destroy the foundational principles of our nation for mere do-gooding. If the plight of the poor vexes you, vote with your checkbook, but leave your neighbor’s be.
