"We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion..." - Ayn Rand

Posted by GaltsGulch 9 years, 4 months ago to Pics

"We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission." - Ayn Rand

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Posted by jbrenner 9 years, 4 months ago

Then we were fast approaching that inversion. Now we have passed it.

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  Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 9 years, 4 months ago
  
  Hello jbrenner,
  ...In the rear view mirror and accelerating away...
  Regards,
  O.A.
  
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    Posted by rockymountainpirate 9 years, 4 months ago
    
    Well said both of you. +1 each. It's so far in the rear view mirror it's over the rear horizon.
    
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Posted by sjatkins 9 years, 4 months ago

I think we passed it some time back.

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  Posted by sjatkins 9 years, 4 months ago
  
  She actually didn't know as evidenced by her writings that much about the subject. We are objectivists. We have to think for ourselves not simply take as gospel whatever Ayn Rand may have said on a subject.
  
  Regardless, the government has no right or contract whatsoever to tell adults what they can or cannot consume.
  
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Posted by CircuitGuy 9 years, 4 months ago

Carly Fiorina said in the debate something to the effect if the gov't isn't imprisoning people for smoking marijuana that's saying we think it's a good idea. Unstated premise: We lock people up for everything except for those things the gov't thinks is a good idea.

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  Posted by rockymountainpirate 9 years, 4 months ago
  
  What? That's not what she said.
  
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    Posted by CircuitGuy 9 years, 4 months ago
    
    She doesn't explicitly say that. Here are the words:
    "I agree with states’ rights. But we are misleading young people when we tell them that marijuana is just like having a beer. It’s not."
    My interpretation is she's saying allowing states to regulate/prohibit marijuana to the same extent as beer means the gov't is asserting they're "just like" one another-- because if they were any different the gov't would be regulating them differently.
    
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"We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion..." - Ayn Rand

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