The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomor…

Ayn Rand
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The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow. ✨ Ayn Rand (1999). The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution, p.8, Penguin
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