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Old 05-14-2008, 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by TakuanSoho View Post
She didn't, in her "paradise" there were tons of "average" people as well. The way to get in wasn't to be an "elite" but to do the best one could with what they had and to stand on one's own two feet. In short, it was an attitude, not an aptitude.
Remember the part in Atlas Shrugged when Dagney Taggert has crashed in the world created by John Galt. One of the inhabitants is a woman who says all she wants to do is to be the best at raising her children and a collectivist society does not allow her to do that. So, you are absolutely correct in your assessment.
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