Question:How can an individual support Ayn Rand

[Lee-Lee]

8. Short version is they see big government and big corporations in the same light

And believe that the two have become so intertwined and dependent upon each other that they are really just two branches of the same tree at this point, especially Wall Street and DC.

I have some libertarian friends and we get in long philosophical debates and discussions sometimes. Sometimes they win me over, sometimes I then buy usually we still disagree.

One common trait of them, no matter what degree to which they are libertarians, is they don’t trust people in government to do what’s best for the people but rather to, in the end, do what is best for themselves and government. When I scoffed at this one of them pointed out that’s the same attitude I have about people in big corporations, and that human nature doesn’t change because of the source of your paycheck. I’ll admit that’s given me a different perspective, and if you sit back and realize that they feel the same way about government as we do about corporations that helps you understand where they come from.