Ayn Rand has some prescient thoughts about
Democrats' avoidance of reality
Posted By: DW626, 7/18/2023 6:33:41 AM
The consequences of avoiding reality are killing us … literally! American leaders and policy makers in the 21st century should have paid attention to the profound wisdom put forth by Ayn Rand in the last Millennium: “You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.” It pinpoints the basis for countless problems in America run by Democrats in recent years, clarifying why they occurred. Consider the following illustrations: 1. “You can avoid [the brain-dead] reality” of funding coronavirus gain-of-function research in a communist country whose long-term goal is to destroy you, “but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding [that] reality.”
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“Who is John Galt?” Anyone who has read this book recognizes all the signs and warnings Ayn Rand wrote in it.