Comments on: Ayn Rand’s Diagnosis of “Collectivized Rights” http://ronpisaturo.com/blog/2009/06/27/ayn-rands-diagnosis-of-collectivized-rights/ Sat, 10 Dec 2011 23:04:11 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Richard http://ronpisaturo.com/blog/2009/06/27/ayn-rands-diagnosis-of-collectivized-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-3600 Richard Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:33:20 +0000 http://ronpisaturo.com/blog/?p=479#comment-3600 But this same filthy mentality rules America. To those who attempt to interpret The Constitution's opening: "<i>We The People</i>, it is the peoples' voice that matters, regardless of Individual Rights. In my view, a simple slant of wording leads to the majority opinion as the Constitutional ideal of the United States. Before dismissing my view too easily, please consider the ease with which the Left converted the concept "liberal" from meaning free action among citizens, to meaning free regulation by government! The power of *words* is stunning, if one can grasp what words serve as labels for weakly held concepts. One must recover the concepts of Individual Rights and Capitalism, if one is to recover America. But this same filthy mentality rules America. To those who attempt to interpret The Constitution’s opening: “We The People, it is the peoples’ voice that matters, regardless of Individual Rights. In my view, a simple slant of wording leads to the majority opinion as the Constitutional ideal of the United States. Before dismissing my view too easily, please consider the ease with which the Left converted the concept “liberal” from meaning free action among citizens, to meaning free regulation by government!

The power of *words* is stunning, if one can grasp what words serve as labels for weakly held concepts. One must recover the concepts of Individual Rights and Capitalism, if one is to recover America.

]]> By: Luke Murphy http://ronpisaturo.com/blog/2009/06/27/ayn-rands-diagnosis-of-collectivized-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-2789 Luke Murphy Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:24:38 +0000 http://ronpisaturo.com/blog/?p=479#comment-2789 Excellent blog entry here. I, too, can't stand hearing the equivocation of "democracy" and "freedom." When Bush was asked about the possibility of the Iraqi people electing leaders who were as viciously Islamist as Ahmadinejad, he said he had no problem with it, and "democracy is democracy!" Ugh.... Excellent blog entry here. I, too, can’t stand hearing the equivocation of “democracy” and “freedom.” When Bush was asked about the possibility of the Iraqi people electing leaders who were as viciously Islamist as Ahmadinejad, he said he had no problem with it, and “democracy is democracy!” Ugh….

]]> By: C. Jeffery Small http://ronpisaturo.com/blog/2009/06/27/ayn-rands-diagnosis-of-collectivized-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-2307 C. Jeffery Small Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:08:12 +0000 http://ronpisaturo.com/blog/?p=479#comment-2307 Your comments are right on target. Well said. Your comments are right on target. Well said.

]]> By: Lesile Kaminoff http://ronpisaturo.com/blog/2009/06/27/ayn-rands-diagnosis-of-collectivized-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-2294 Lesile Kaminoff Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:29:17 +0000 http://ronpisaturo.com/blog/?p=479#comment-2294 Let's not also forget that the error you mention leads to one of the greatest evils of our age: the equating of "democracy" with "freedom." As if rule by the mob is the ultimate political achievement for any country. Let’s not also forget that the error you mention leads to one of the greatest evils of our age: the equating of “democracy” with “freedom.” As if rule by the mob is the ultimate political achievement for any country.

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