Atlas Shrugged LO9910

Bob Williams (bobwill@actrix.gen.nz)
Thu, 12 Sep 1996 10:25:27 +1200

Replying to LO9865 --

At 9:22 PM 10/9/96, GSCHERL@fed.ism.ca (GSCHERL) wrote:

> If, as the socialists were saying at the time, every man
> is equal and deserves the same rewards as the next. No one person, no
> matter how valuable, not matter how intellegent or productive,
> deserves to outshine others. This is the philosophy that Rand was
> against in her book.

I have been involved in the socialist movements since the mid 60's, and I
have never once heard anyone say that "no one person, no matter how
valuable, not matter how intellegent or productive, deserves to outshine
others." Maybe US socialism was different than UK socialism.

For me it relates more to culture than political ideology. In the UK
there were class constraints. It was acceptable for me to go to technical
college, but my primary school teacher and my entire classmates laughed
out loud when I said I wanted to got to university. In New Zealand where
I now live, there is a cultural pressure to conform and not stand out from
the crowd. Both transcended political ideology. Both incidentally have
enormous implications for "learning organisations".

Bob

BOB WILLIAMS
bobwill@actrix.gen.nz

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