People are not embracing collectivism because they have accepted bad economics. They are accepting bad economics because they have embraced collectivism.

Your soul has a single basic function-the act of valuing.

Do not consider Collectivists as "sincere but deluded idealists". The proposal to enslave some men for the sake of others is not an ideal; brutality is not "idealistic," no matter what its purpose. Do not ever say that the desire to "do good" by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.

Professional intellectuals are the voice of a culture and are, therefore, its leaders, its integrators and its bodyguards.

Why is it immoral for you to desire, but moral for others to do so? Why is it immoral to produce a value and keep it, but moral to give it away? And if it is not moral for you to keep a value, why is it moral for others to accept it? If you are selfless and virtuous when you give it, are they not selfish and vicious when they take it?

This is pity,” he thought, and then he lifted his head in wonder. He thought that there must be something terribly wrong with a world in which this monstrous feeling is called a virtue.

The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.