When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to re…

Ayn Rand
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When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, Who is destroying the world? You are. ✨ Ayn Rand (2011). Ayn Rand Novel Collection, p.1448, Penguin
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