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Rand is no paragon of virtue, and those who are obsessed with her tend to be more than a little screwy. She had her own issues and inconsistencies. But her ideas hold up pretty good.

The core of leftist economics:

You have something I don't. I think I need it more than you do. I think you have more than you need. I get to take it from you for my own needs, and it's the RIGHT thing to do.

This is the self-justification of the thug who holds you up at the ATM machine, if he gives it any thought at all. Our modern culture has made this act a virtue, wrapping it in endless layers of fog like "social responsibility" and "public good," and if you cut the concept down to the basics, it's small wonder people who live by this creed get a bit hostile.

A few more justifications are sometimes tacked on, like the conviction that the person with the stuff probably got it by foul means anyway. Assuming the wealthy are evil is an important part of the moral license to loot.

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