Ayn Rand once summarized the Founding Fathers’ vision of America as follows:
“The basic premise of the Founding Fathers was man’s right to his own life, to his own liberty, to the pursuit of his own happiness—which means: man’s right to exist for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to others nor sacrificing others to himself; and that the political implementation of this right is a society where men deal with one another as traders, by voluntary exchange to mutual benefit.”
Over the course of the last 120 years, this idea has been slowly whittling away. In the last 50 years alone, one tribe has been moving us towards an ever-growing, theocratic authoritarianism, while the other tribe has embraced the nihilism of egalitarianism and paints the Founders as racist, sexist exploiters.
Neither side is offering the American people true political and economic freedom. Neither values individual rights nor defends capitalism. Neither understands the ideas that made America the land of opportunity and which can lead us to a better future. And because of that, both sides are bringing us closer to collectivism in America.
Ayn Rand predicted this.
It’s time for better ideas.
Ayn Rand knew that the only way to save America was to give moral sanction to the idea that a man has the right to live for his own sake, to keep the property he earns, and to pursue his own happiness. Through her novels and anthologies, she fought for that vision.
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