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Re:Chomsky praises Snowden and condemns US hypocrisy by kaonashi on Sunday July 28, 2013 @03:27PM (#6117760)
Says the Ayn Rand disciple. Anti-government is great, unless it's anti-American government, then it's treason.
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Re:Chomsky praises Snowden and condemns US hypocrisy by jes on Sunday July 28, 2013 @06:14PM (#6118301)
Objectivism is not anti-government, and indeed, sees government as necessary in order to protect the rights of individuals (all individuals) from those who would otherwise violate them.
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Re:Chomsky praises Snowden and condemns US hypocrisy by kaonashi on Monday July 29, 2013 @05:36PM (#6124054)
Right, it's just power worship. So government in service of the powerful at the expense of the weak is a-ok; the converse, evil.
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