The Makers Versus The Takers Worldview: An Interesting Perspective

The following is a quote from a letter written by Ludwig von Mises to Ayn Rand dated January 23, 1956 (shortly after the publication of Atlas Shrugged).



"... Atlas Shrugged is not merely a novel. It is also (or may I say: first of all) a cogent analysis of the evils that plague our society, a substantiated rejection of the ideology of our self-styled "intellectuals" and a pitiless unmasking of the insincerity of the policies adopted by governments and political parties ... You have the courage to tell the masses what no politician told them: you are inferior and all the improvements in your conditions which you simply take for granted you owe to the efforts of men who are better than you."
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Is this the crux of the world view that divides society into Makers and Takers? If so, Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney don't seem willing to admit it. 



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