It appears that this society is indeed doomed, but perhaps there is still time for a new, revised society to emerge, before the old is completely consumed spiritually and physically by its contradictions?
"When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion – when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing – when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors – when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you – when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice – you may know that your society is doomed." --Ayn Rand
Regulatory restrictions and licensing requirements from every level of government as far as the eye can see. Mandated schooling, health care, social security, union participation, retirement age, minimum wage, etc. Production prevented by restricting oil drilling and refinery operations, nuclear power, land use permissions, unionization requirements, environmental foolishness, etc. Subsidies and tax incentives for favored crops and so-called green technology, financial bailouts for some, wavers from Obamacare burdens for favored corporations and unions, exemptions for congressmen, etc. Police graft institutionalized through forfeiture laws and victimless crimes.
The hope: Modern communication is providing knowledge of events real time and allowing widespread coordination among like minded people at the historic moment when Ayn Rand's works are becoming part of the mainstream culture, giving capitalism a moral foundation for the first time.
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