[Am-info] Ayn Rand Institute?

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In <3C9602B9.4030902@cupserv.org>, on 03/18/02 at 10:07 AM,
   "Fred A. Miller" <fm@cupserv.org> said:

>>>Is it a Microsoft-supported organization?
>>>
>>I doubt it.  I doubt gates has any idea who Ayn Rand was since there's no
>>profit in it.  Though with their philosophy I can see them backing bill
>>gates as a self-made man against the greedy masses who are out to destroy
>>all he has built.   I doubt they care much about all the businesses he
>>destroyed and crimes he committed building his empire.
>>
>Actually, quite the opposite!! That group is, for the most part, as
>stated, however, they (as do all good captialists) support fairness and
>moral responsibility.

Then why are they fanatically defending microsoft?  According to the site
there is no such thing as a bad monopoly and that the anti-trust laws are
"truly lawless".

They don't seem to give a damn about predatory behaviour, or the fact that
illegal/immoral acts were committed to attain/maintain the monopoly.  Of
course that seems to be the basic slant of almost every article I read on
the case so I guess in this instance the extremists are in the majority.


Mark

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