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JRDunassigned
It is my understanding, after reading Ayn Rand's magnum opus Atlas Shrugged, that she advocated work - labor, menial and otherwise - over profit. However, I have heard many assertions in the media and in criticisms of Ayn Rand's philosophy (Objectivism) that she advocated profit over work.
This is a major discrepancy for me - profit is the tax made off of laborers once they've been paid their just dues. Profit doesn't require the profiteer to labor but to own. It is my opinion, after reading her work, that she valued earning your Salary, not earning a Profit, (that is not to say that she was against ownership, either).
Can anyone provide with me a quote from the author or her library - Ayn Rand's words - in which she advocates profit, not work?
In good spirits and questionable wit,
JRD, unassigned
This is a major discrepancy for me - profit is the tax made off of laborers once they've been paid their just dues. Profit doesn't require the profiteer to labor but to own. It is my opinion, after reading her work, that she valued earning your Salary, not earning a Profit, (that is not to say that she was against ownership, either).
Can anyone provide with me a quote from the author or her library - Ayn Rand's words - in which she advocates profit, not work?
In good spirits and questionable wit,
JRD, unassigned