Ayn Rand on Socialism and Dictatorship in America

Holds True Today (This is an excerpt from a 1958 interview of Ayn Rand on the Mike Wallace Show. Ayn Rand was a child during the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia before visiting America and staying. Ayn Rand has a brilliant mind and fought against communist philosophy present in America in the 1930's - 1950's particularly. Ayn Rand, author of Atlas Shrugged, speaks of how collectivism will destroy America's free enterprise economic system. Ayn believes we should not be allowed to vote on EVERY issue. She disdains government forced coercion in any name, even social inequalities. Some 50 years later we can see the devastation caused by social welfare programs that she warned against. Ayn Rand was a staunch defender of capitalism and attributed ALL economic problems to government meddling. Ayn says we Americans have not been given a choice between freedom and collectivism as both political parties both subscribe to socialism tenants. She says government "regulations are creating robber-barons" and that "capitalists with government help is the worst of all economic phenomenon". )

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[BudWithBeats76]

Centralized government has destroyed our education system, our economy, our society and is rapidly destroying our liberties as free individuals. We all know it. Instead of finding solutions to our problems on our own, we beg like slaves to the government to provide us a better life. Like thieves we encourage government to take from others through force. Without government we would actually be forced to work together and respect each other through mutually beneficial relationships.

[freezzertime]

lt astonishes me how uneducated some of these comments can be.. "fascist", "sick in the head!", etc. Read her works you imbeciles.

[dirtyer76]

The house of cards is coming down COMMUNIST=TALMUD=JEWS - them=the truth of a German word= America=LAND of the FREE.

[bertly71]

It is like she had the ability to see into America's future. We are failing for the very reasons she listed. Too much government in our economy. Their manipulations have caused bubbles that always burst and cause pain for the average American taxpayer. Our government has turned into the "robber baron's.

[914light]

hate her :)

[DATCMOTO]

Socialism and equality are evil as you cannot make the weak stronger, only the stronger weaker..

The strong must serve the weak, just as Jesus came to serve and not to be served.

[VoytEngineering]

Her words have different meaning today, 50 years later, she has merely stated her opinions, her brand of social philisophy but not defended that position.

[poink9]

@vincentrand100 You embarrass yourself with your pejorative, vitriolic comments. I am definitely not a moron, and my comments are not idiotic. If this is your idea of an intellectual discussion, I feel sorry for you.

[vincentrand100]

@poink9 My goodness. It's not even possible to respond to your highly idiotic comment. What makes her novels horrible, moron? It's because she rejected ALTRUISM? By the way, Ron Paul is never Ayn Rand's "acolyte", MORON. Get your facts correct because you make moronic comments on youtube, idiot!!!

[poink9]

Like the interview, dislike Ayn Rand. Cannot bring myself to read her horribly written "novels." Philosophically consist, morally repugnant, like her acolyte Ron Paul.