“WHAT IS SOCIALISM EXCEPT STATISM?”
WHEN THE STATE, THE COMMUNITY, THE NATION, THE RACE, THE CLASS, THE COLLECTIVE, IT’S ALL ONE, OWNS THE MEANS OF EVERY MAN’S LIVELIHOOD, THE PRODUCT OF HIS LABOR, HIS ENERGY, HIS TIME AND HIS LIFE, WHAT IN HELL CAN THAT POSSIBLY BE EXCEPT STATISM?
— AYN RAND
