File spoon-archives/anarchy-list.archive/anarchy-list_1999/anarchy-list.9910, message 86


From: "Andy" <as-AT-spelthorne.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: more Ayn Rand nonsense...
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 14:59:21 +0100




>Anyway, I thought I'd share.  Dunno how I feel about that "there will
always be
>followers..." bit now - as anarchists, we claim the opposite, that everyone
>wants to be free - but right this moment, I don't know it that's true.
>>cheers,
>Scott

Was Ayn Rand her real name? I've often wondered. It doesn't sound right, but
it's all there is on the web-sites. Incidentally, Clive James is his book
Falling Towards England characterises Germaine Greer as Romaine Rand.

Secondly, on this wanting to be free bit, I'm inclined to agree with you.
For e.g. Tony Bleugh's speech at the Labour [sic] Party Conference [sic] has
been welcomed by middle England who've always liked the smack of firm
leadership [previous preferred option M. Thazza]. I've also always been
intrigued by the way our right wing press criticised the last Tory
Government for running out of steam and not having a programme. Was this a
symptom of wanting to be led?  Surely  a neo-liberal economics supporting
government should be doing just that - 1]destroy the unions, 2]wreck welfare
state 3]reduce taxes for rich 4]remove labour/labor  laws 5]sit back, run
out of steam and let unbridled capitalism get on with it ?

Or am I missing something?





   

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