One method of destroying a concept is by diluting its meaning. Observe…

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One method of destroying a concept is by diluting its meaning. Observe that by ascribing rights to the unborn, i.e., the nonliving, the anti-abortionists obliterate the rights of the living. ✨ A Last Survey - Part I. The Ayn Rand Letter, Vol. IV, No. 2, 1975.
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One method of destroying a concept is by diluting its meaning. Observe that by ascribing rights to the unborn, i.e., the nonliving, the anti-abortionists obliterate the rights of the living. ✨ A Last Survey - Part I. The Ayn Rand Letter, Vol. IV, No. 2, 1975.

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