Ayn Rand on people embracing collectivism

“People are not embracing collectivism because they have accepted bad
economics. They are accepting bad economics because they have embraced
collectivism.

“You cannot reverse cause and effect. And you cannot destroy the cause
by fighting the effect. That is as futile as trying to eliminate the
symptoms of a disease without attacking its germs.

“Marxist (collectivist) economics have been blasted, refuted and
discredited quite thoroughly. Capitalist (or individualist) economics
have never been refuted. Yet people go right on accepting Marxism. If
you look into the matter closely, you will see that most people know
in a vague, uneasy way, that Marxist economics are screwy. Yet this
does not stop them from advocating the same Marxist economics. Why?

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