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“There are only two fundamental questions (or two aspects of the same question) that determine the nature of any social system: Does a social system recognize individual rights? — and: Does a social system ban physical force from human relationships? The answer to the second question is the practical implementation of the answer to the first.”

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“There are only two fundamental questions (or two aspects of the same question) that determine the nature of any social system: Does a social system recognize individual rights? — and: Does a social system ban physical force from human relationships? The answer to the second question is the practical implementation of the answer to the first.”
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Mark Gardner (mjgardner@social.sdf.org)'s status on Friday, 20-Dec-2024 22:04:34 JST Mark Gardner

@mcjevans #AynRand’s essay titled “What Is #Capitalism?” (1965) beautifully explains the connection. You can read it for free here: https://ari.AynRand.org/issues/government-and-business/capitalism/pov-what-is-capitalism/
If you prefer listening, that page also links to audio and video presentations of the version she edited down as a lecture.
You can also find it in print in the 1966/67 anthology “Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal.”
Let me know what you discover!
#Objectivism #philosophy

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