tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1223702672435031894.post1938968299717700933..comments2023-11-05T04:03:51.055-08:00Comments on Tragedy of the Commons: The Defense of Hank ReardenChiefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01314751382463369802noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1223702672435031894.post-22585995059492879732011-01-24T20:18:15.000-08:002011-01-24T20:18:15.000-08:00Just reading this very section of Atlas Shrugged, ...Just reading this very section of Atlas Shrugged, I felt I had to voice my support of the brass tacks mentality of Hank Rearden. <br /><br />I would like to add that without any fear that men are only entitled to what they produce from their bare hands. Hank Rearden absolutely personifies that view of the world. It should be celebrated. <br /><br />If you like what was excerpt above, read Friedrich Bastiat's The Law. Phenomenal essay on "legal plunder."Hank Reardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12472265833310119299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1223702672435031894.post-90353493908457745932010-02-21T15:21:05.042-08:002010-02-21T15:21:05.042-08:00My favorite was Rearden's speech as his "...My favorite was Rearden's speech as his "trial" - in fact I just referenced it in a blog post:<br /><br />http://ronmossad.blogspot.com/2010/02/sanction-of-victim-and-guiltiest-man-in.htmlRonMossadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16815747509862087759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1223702672435031894.post-52989430841646387852010-02-21T15:20:13.118-08:002010-02-21T15:20:13.118-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.RonMossadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16815747509862087759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1223702672435031894.post-8862891646167397082009-08-08T22:27:50.297-07:002009-08-08T22:27:50.297-07:00My personal Atlas Shrugged favorite: Francisco'...My personal Atlas Shrugged favorite: <a href="http://tragedy-of-the-commons.blogspot.com/2009/06/franciscos-money-speech.html" rel="nofollow">Francisco's Money Speech</a>. <br /><br />"Let me give you a tip on a clue to men's characters: the man who damns money has obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it has earned it.<br /><br />Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil. That sentence is the leper's bell of an approaching looter. So long as men live together on earth and need means to deal with one another - their only substitute, if they abandon money, is the muzzle of a gun."Chiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01314751382463369802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1223702672435031894.post-28626735993969784912009-08-08T05:41:41.609-07:002009-08-08T05:41:41.609-07:00Reading Atlas Shrugged, this is one of my favorite...Reading Atlas Shrugged, this is one of my favorite excerpts. Outstanding! I implore the rest of the men and women in our society to live up to this creed.Stephen Schillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17103586232072267969noreply@blogger.com