tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025369569723986182.post1776732369554059906..comments2023-04-13T12:13:36.321-04:00Comments on The Blind Squirrel: Another waypoint towards a Rand future..."He's just this guy, you know?"http://www.blogger.com/profile/03221625179310656587noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025369569723986182.post-89798563117538285012009-06-15T13:07:12.567-04:002009-06-15T13:07:12.567-04:00It's amazing how accurate Ayn Rand is turning ...It's amazing how accurate Ayn Rand is turning out to be. I re-read <em>Atlas Shrugged</em> earlier this year as a re-fresher. I'm also reading Mark Levin's <em>Liberty and Tyranny</em>. Both are good books and generate a lot of thought. One point from Levin is that Obama and his followers are Statists. Socialism is just a tool for the Statists. I believe that makes them more Crucishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15441911110953212619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025369569723986182.post-2141696416405861232009-06-13T10:36:57.361-04:002009-06-13T10:36:57.361-04:00J,
I would happily support reducing the size and ...J,<br /><br />I would happily support reducing the size and scope of cities. I think their reason to exist began to vanish 20 years ago, and many now exist to serve as housing and care centers for low/no income people.<br /><br />That said... I called the notion a 'waypoint' on a journey, and it's one that Rand wrote about. Taken in context with the rest of what our society is "He's just this guy, you know?"https://www.blogger.com/profile/03221625179310656587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025369569723986182.post-47377096827741760672009-06-13T10:27:11.545-04:002009-06-13T10:27:11.545-04:00I really didn't see anything wrong with downsi...I really didn't see anything wrong with downsizing cities that are facing abondoned properties and bankruptcy (like Flint, MI). I don't see this as a way for the government to control. It is a way to help those cities with major declines in population to once again be sustainable and flourish, and spend thier resources on education and other issues that can benefit the residents...JKnoreply@blogger.com