For pro-govt types, it's all about forcibly equalizing outcomes.
Some would use the phrase, "coerced by necessity," as if that type
of "coercion" weren't present in the majority of our voluntary
exchanges.
Again, my own highest and best selfish good IS what is best for the common good.
Some
complain that ball parks, for instance, "separate wealthy persons from the rest of
us." This completely ignores the fact that that separation is what is
most keenly desired by most of our politicians; and the politicians
accomplish it by the only means available to them, by force. Everyone
wants more money, power and freedom. The market allows everyone the
opportunity to earn those things. Politics, Ayn Rand's arena of "pull"
instead of production and ability, sets up a situation where politicians
legally mug and force their way to perceived money, power and freedom.
Indeed, altruism is in short supply. It's so simple. Just let
freedom reign. And, if you want, try to be altruistic. But do it under
the law of freedom and live and let live/do unto others...
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