Contrary to the ecologists, nature does not stand still and does not m…

Ayn Rand
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Contrary to the ecologists, nature does not stand still and does not maintain the kind of equilibrium that guarantees the survival of any particular species - least of all the survival of her greatest and most fragile product: man. ✨ Ayn Rand (1999). The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution, p.226, Penguin
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