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"I think you channel Ayn Rand"
Tom Brosz — (archived)

Why, Mary Anne, that's the nicest thing you've ever said to me! ;)

Rand grew up in Russia during the Revolution, and I think she may have had more insight into this than many others would have.

Yes, the root evil is collectivism, and things like socialism, communism, Nazism, and other philosophies where the group is more important than the individual, are just outgrowths of this.

It is really sad when some half-defunct communes in Israel are constantly raised as examples of "successful" collectivism. That's not much to put on one side of the scales with the massive tyrannies of the twentieth century piled on the other side.

BTW, feel free to tally up the death toll from Christian fundamentalism in the 20th century, and pass it on. Be sure to include Christian fundamentalist governments (find any?) killing and imprisoning thousands of non-Christians for their religion, making Christianity the only legal religion of the nation, or blowing up Jewish and Muslim buildings.

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