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."
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.
"... 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."
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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