Re: The Ayn Rand World

On 3 Feb 2013, at 14:43, hibbsa <[email protected]> wrote:

> In this brave new world why:
> 
> - would anyone be willing to fight and die for their country, for a few
> hundred bucks a month? Where's the personal advantage right there for
> that person?
> 
> - How would democracy work without an ethos of public service? Why
> should some elected official regard his duty as being to serve his
> constituency? Why not just the position to line his own pockets?
> 
> - Why not be corrupt in general if it makes more money for a given
> individual in a given position?

In any world, brave or not, why would anyone ever buy anything if the result was that they had less money?

- David Deutsch