We really have a civil war going on right now, just not a full blown military one. The blacks have revolted to get more goodies and entitlements, and half the country is voting for Trump to maintain our current way of life. The establishment has its NSA and militarized police to protect itself. If Hillary gets in, the Trump supporters wont give in, and the minorities will be made more bold by Hillary treating them as entitled.

Hillary wants power for herself, period. That is a dictator in the making. She just uses democracy as the way to do it. Wait till the opposition is crushed, and we see what she will do.

Hillary is a dictator. Stand up to her, and she crushes you will all the PC stuff, lies, propaganda, and in the end thievery to make you weak.

Education in the "government indoctrination centers" is really evil. I think public education should be just stopped in its tracks.

I am one of the basket of deplorables, as Hillary blurted out, and we arent just going to sit idly by while Hillary exercises her power.

Not if my vote counts for anything !

at least 40-50 years, IF we teach our children now.

If AS didnt move the needle towards freedom, how on earth is Johnson supposed to do it ? We are living in replay of AS right now. Venezuela is in the final throes of a replay of AS. Even Rand thought that Galt should stand aside politically until the collapse weakened the establishment. Look at what Trump is going through just for supporting some principles of freedom. He has 40% of the country behind him, and I say that the upset with socialism isnt going to go away if he isnt elected. The country will be even MORE divided and just not give any mandates to Hillary to do anything at all.

When she wrote that, "today", I believe, was in 1972
or 1973. It's been a long time since then.

Even if Republicans controlled the the House, Senate, and Presidency the system is merely ant equilibrium.
The Judicial, burgeoning bureaucracy, and 4th Estate are permanently statist

She was right then, but I think she's have something else to say today.If the Republicans lose the presidency, and the senate and/or the house, we will in effect have a one party system. Not much different from a dictatorship. The Republicans have shown a great lack of moral cajones while owning both houses, can you imagine how they'll be if they lose them?

In any case, I think Ayn Rand would be quite vitriolic today if she were at the height of her powers.She might even get into politics a bit. Can you imagine her advising Johnson and getting his head straight? He probably could use some objectivist advisors right now.

The worst of the worst have a 150 year jump on us...the vast majority of us have just been living life and not paying the kind of close attention our forefathers expected us to do.

I think we Can get it back, back from the throws of death...but it ain't gona happen overnight.
It might take us as long to recover as it has for us to find ourselves in this situation.

Too late, but for the moment we get to vote for our dictator.

We've had one for the last eight years. The question is: are we going to have one for the nexr four?

It is happening. BLM and the war/conflict with law enforcement. Elect billery and we will be one step closer.

The more time spent in the post Vietnam educational system, the more people are willing to submit. Many, however, could give two s**ts for education, are unwilling to be bullied, are armed and capable of being ornery about the loss of liberty. We, "intellectuals", are not exposed to these people on a day to day basis so it is easy to discount their existence.

It certainly can happen here. All a would-be tyrant would have to do is offer more Free Stuff.

And there is no Brutus among us.

That was yesterday...we had 50+ years of mandatory indoctrination.

I am sure that statement was true when Ayn Rand said it, but time has marched on.
So have the Progressives . . . .

Many years of indoctrination to follow from the public schools.

Civil wars often result in dictatorship.

I don't think it's true any longer. I have been saying for the past two years that the American people are very, very eager to be ruled. The really do want it.

Rand said, "A dictatorship cannot take hold in America today." I am not sure this is true any longer. So this is how liberty dies ... to thunderous applause. (Princess Padme, in the Star Wars series)