Ayn Rand said in one of her books, “Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong.” OK, here’s a premise, a contradiction, stated by Obama. The interests of the community are more important than are the interests of the individual. To reject the premise is to say that the community has no brain or heart in which to define its interests, so community cannot be more important because the leader who defines interests is an individual. So, the result is, the elite individual who defines those interests is an authoritarian, and that is contrary to American tradition. claysamerica.com
Ayn Rand said in one of her books, “Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong.” OK, here’s a premise, a contradiction, stated by Obama. The interests of the community are more important than are the interests of the individual. To reject the premise is to say that the community has no brain or heart in which to define its interests, so community cannot be more important because the leader who defines interests is an individual. So, the result is, the elite individual who defines those interests is an authoritarian, and that is contrary to American tradition. claysamerica.com